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Buglio in Monte, IT · 2025–present · active
Arsura channels power and thrash metal from Buglio in Monte in the Alpine Sondrio province of Lombardy as of 2025. Their Italian name meaning 'scorching heat' brings fire and intensity from a mountain setting more associated with snow.
Cherbourg, FR · 2002–present · active
ART 238 merges death metal, grindcore, and industrial metal from the Norman port of Cherbourg since 2002, creating a mechanized extremity from the Cotentin Peninsula. Over two decades of genre-fusing activity make them one of Normandy's most enduring experimental metal acts.
Gothenburg, SE · 2014–present · active
Art Far Away creates progressive death metal and metalcore from Gothenburg since 2014. Their distant-art name drives over a decade of ambitious compositions from the city that perfected melodic death metal.
Vilnius, LT · 2015–present · active
Art in Motion explores progressive and thrash metal from Vilnius since 2015. Their kinetic name captures the dynamic, always-evolving quality of their compositions from the Lithuanian capital.
Paris, FR · 1996–present · active
Art Noir has been channeling black metal from Paris since 1996, making them one of the French capital's longest-running black metal projects. Nearly three decades of activity connect them to the formative era of the French black metal scene.
London, GB · 2003–present · active
Art of Burning Water has been delivering sludge metal from London since 2003, making them one of the English capital's most enduring heavy acts. Over two decades of crushing compositions speak to extraordinary persistence in the London underground.
Zvolen, SK · 2012–present · active
Art of Creation crafts progressive power metal from Zvolen since 2012. Their divine-creative name drives over a decade of technically ambitious compositions from this central Slovak Hron Valley city.
Brno, CZ · 2015–present · active
An active melodic death metalcore band from Brno, Art of Defiance blend heavy guitar work with metalcore intensity and are documented on Metal Archives and the Czech Bandzone platform. They remain unsigned and independent, navigating the overlap between Scandinavian-influenced melodic death and modern metalcore.
Munich, DE · 2014–present · active
Art of Delusion is a symphonic metal and rock band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2014, blending orchestral grandeur with heavy guitar-driven compositions. The band operates in the tradition of symphonic metal that merges classical music ambition with the power of metal.

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