Arsebreed delivers brutal death metal from Den Helder at the northern tip of North Holland since 2015. Their confrontational name matches the uncompromising extremity of their sound from this Dutch naval base town.

Arseis fuses black metal, death metal, and folk metal from Lille since 2020, creating a triple-genre blend that weaves traditional elements through extreme metal structures. Their approach channels the diverse cultural influences of northern France.

Arsen delivers sludge and doom metal from Stuttgart since 2020, named after the element arsenic — a slow poison that mirrors the gradual, crushing toxicity of their Swabian sound. The Baden-Württemberg capital's automotive industry provides an unlikely backdrop for their deliberately paced heaviness.

Arsenicum channels doom metal from an undisclosed Polish location since 2016. Named after the Latin word for arsenic, their poisonous approach to doom favors slow-acting, cumulative devastation.

Arsenite thrashes from Kumla in Närke since 2015. Named after the toxic arsenic compound, they deliver a decade of poisonous velocity from this small central Swedish town better known for its prison.

ArsGoatia channels black metal from Salzburg, the Austrian city of Mozart, since 2023. Their name combines art with the Ars Goetia grimoire tradition, invoking demonic summoning from one of Central Europe's most culturally refined cities.

Arshenic blends heavy and groove metal with hard rock from Gdańsk since 2015. Their toxic-element name captures the contaminating heaviness they bring from the Baltic port city.

Arsian marries crust punk's raw fury with thrash metal's technical precision from A Coruña, channeling Galicia's Atlantic storms into volatile sonic assaults since 2013. Their crossover approach speaks to the deep connections between punk and metal in northwestern Spain.

Arsonists of Lucifer practices black metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2018. Their fire-starting-for-Satan name drives compositions of incendiary blasphemy.