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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Nihility (2002)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Arcadian Alone merges melodic death metal with metalcore from Hanover since 2021. Their pastoral-isolation name drives compositions that balance the melodic traditions of Gothenburg-style death metal with the dynamic aggression of modern metalcore.
Arcan delivers thrash metal from the remote Breton fishing town of Audierne since 2015, bringing high-velocity aggression to Finistère's wind-battered western tip. Their mysterious name and isolated origins lend genuine rawness to their sound.
Arcana has been delivering speed and thrash metal from Cambridge since 1996, making them one of the longest-running thrash acts in eastern England. Three decades of high-velocity metal from the university city speak to extraordinary dedication.
Arcana Coelestia blends black metal with funeral doom from Cagliari since 2007, named after Swedenborg's theological work 'Heavenly Mysteries.' Their Sardinian project brings almost two decades of cosmic, glacially paced extreme metal informed by esoteric spirituality.
Arcana Major explores progressive metal from Stockholm since 2019. Their tarot-derived name — referencing the Major Arcana — drives compositions of occult structural complexity from the Swedish capital.
Arcana Noctem crafts symphonic black and gothic metal from Lviv since 2018. Their Latin name meaning 'secrets of the night' drives orchestrally enriched compositions from this architecturally magnificent western Ukrainian city.
Arcana Opera fuses folk and power metal from Vicenza since 2014, their name suggesting hidden theatrical works. From the city of Palladio's Teatro Olimpico, they deliver compositions that blend folk instrumentation with power metal grandeur.
Arcandia creates symphonic and progressive power metal from Milazzo on Sicily's northeastern coast since 2014. From the promontory where the ancient Greeks and Romans fought naval battles, they construct epic compositions of orchestral ambition.
Arcane Cathedral crafts symphonic death and gothic metal from Krosno in the Subcarpathian region since 2018. Their ecclesiastical-mystical name drives orchestrally enhanced compositions from this historic glass-working town in southeastern Poland.
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