ArthWork explores progressive death metal from Mińsk Mazowiecki east of Warsaw since 2013. Their craft-combining name — arthwork as artwork — speaks to the artistic ambition of their technically demanding compositions.

Artmania merges progressive and gothic metal from Saint Petersburg since 2022. Their mania-for-art name drives compositions that pursue creative obsession from the city of the Hermitage Museum.

Arto Tissari explores groove and progressive metal from Tampere since 2023, bringing a solo artist's vision to the intersection of rhythmic heaviness and technical complexity. The project showcases the individual creativity thriving within Finland's metal community.

Artrach is a heavy/power/progressive metal band from Kortrijk, Belgium, formed in 2000 by veteran musicians active in the broader Belgian metal scene. The band occupies a melodic and technically ambitious corner of Belgian metal with connections to the Kortrijk music community that also produced acts like Dyscordia.

Arturius crafts symphonic progressive metal from Gothenburg since 1994. Over three decades from Sweden's second city, this Arthurian-named project has produced one of the country's longest-running progressive metal legacies.

Artyfiction crafts progressive metal and rock from Wrocław since 2018. Their portmanteau of 'art' and 'fiction' signals a creative vision that embraces narrative imagination within Lower Silesia's progressive music scene.

As I Am is a progressive and power metal band from Bremen, Germany, formed in 2017, merging the technical complexity and structural ambition of progressive metal with power metal's melodic energy and anthemic drive. The band adds to Bremen's active metal community in northern Germany.

As the World Dies merges death and progressive metal from Birmingham since 2022, their apocalyptic name reflecting the eschatological themes of their compositions. Their Second City origins connect them to the birthplace of heavy metal.

Asenion merges death and progressive metal from the Burgundian town of Nevers since 2013, bringing structural ambition to the Loire's quiet heartland. Their approach combines brutality with compositional sophistication from an unlikely origin.