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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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Gothic progressive metal band from 's-Hertogenbosch, active since 1999. Cirrha Niva has spent over a quarter century crafting atmospheric, emotionally rich progressive metal from North Brabant.
Black, death, and gothic metal band from Tagewerben in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, formed in 2014. They weave together the darkness of black and death metal with gothic atmospheres.
Malmö gothic/doom metal act formed in 2022, merging dark romance with crushing heaviness from Sweden's southernmost major city. Their sound explores the emotional territory where gothic atmospherics meet doom's ponderous weight.
Gothic blackened death metal act from the Bergen suburb of Hjellestad, formed in 2023. Claymords blends dark atmospherics with extreme metal from western Norway.
Gothic and progressive metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2017. They weave dark gothic atmospheres into progressive metal structures.
Cloak formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2013, founded by Scott Taysom and Sean Bruneau as a reaction to what they saw as a lack of dark, dangerous heavy music in the local scene. Signed to Season of Mist and later Metal Blade Records, the band combines traditional heavy metal structures with black metal atmospherics, black and roll energy, and gothic rock mood, citing Dissection, Deep Purple, and Fields of the Nephilim as core influences. Their third album Black Flame Eternal appeared in 2023.
Seattle's Cofgod blend doom, gothic metal, and stoner metal into heavy, atmospheric journeys that balance introspection with crushing weight, draped in the grey Pacific Northwest gloom.
Minneapolis's Cold Colours fuse death metal's brutality with gothic metal's mournful atmosphere, producing a sound that is both punishing and laced with a melancholic, darkly romantic quality.
Gothic metal band from Gladenbach, Germany, formed in 2015. They weave melancholic atmospheres and dark beauty into a heavy, emotionally resonant sound.
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