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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Cemetary is a heavy metal band from Center Line, Michigan, playing traditional metal with a no-frills Midwest sensibility rooted in classic hard rock and heavy metal, built around clean vocals and mid-tempo riffing.
Cemetery Echo is a gothic metal band from Buffalo, New York, blending melancholic melodies and dark atmosphere with heavy guitar work and clean, emotionally expressive vocals drawn from the classic gothic metal tradition of Type O Negative and early Paradise Lost.
Death and gothic metal band from Nachrodt in the Sauerland region of Germany, formed in 2018. They blend the aggression of death metal with the dark atmospheres and melodic sensibility of gothic metal.
Doom and gothic metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2014. They weave melancholic atmospheres and heavy, slow-burning riffs through a darkly romantic lens.
Doom and gothic metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2010. They weave dark, melancholic atmospheres over crushing doom foundations from the Catalan capital.
Gothic progressive metal act from Varese, Lombardy, formed in 2019. Chantry blends dark atmospherics with progressive complexity.
Gothic metal band from the London/Milton Keynes area, England, formed in 2018. They weave dark, melancholic atmospheres into heavy metal.
San Antonio's Chemical Warfare wages a thrash assault with the aggressive spirit of the Texas underground. Their music is fast, aggressive, and unapologetically rooted in the classic thrash tradition.
Gothic metal band from Germany, active since 2015. They weave dark, melancholic atmospheres into a heavy metal framework with romantic and dramatic sensibilities.
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