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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 metal band from Vienna, Austria, active since 2013, with roots going back to their 2009 debut 'Arise of the Berserk.' They weave dark, atmospheric gothic metal with a dramatic sensibility befitting their Viennese origins.
Gothic black metal project from Chita in the Transbaikal region of eastern Siberia, formed in 2022. Crucifixus crafts dark, atmospheric metal from one of Russia's most remote cities.
Gothic and heavy metal band from Hamina, Finland, formed in 2016. They weave dark, emotional atmospheres into a heavy metal framework from the southeastern coast.
Black and gothic metal band from Herne in the Ruhr, Germany, formed in 2014. They weave gothic darkness through a black metal framework.
Gothic melodic death metal band from the Karlsruhe/Stuttgart area, Germany, active since 2004. They merge dark gothic atmospheres with melodic death metal harmonies across two decades of activity.
Gothic metal project from Budapest, formed in 2024. Crystallite explores dark romanticism and melodic beauty within a heavy gothic metal framework.
Gothic death-doom act from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2021. Cult of Decay merges dark atmospherics with crushing doom and death metal.
Gothic industrial black metal act from Katowice, active since 2014. Cult ov Mora blends dark electronic textures with black metal and gothic atmospherics from the Silesian capital.
Gothic black doom act from Milan, one of Italy's veteran extreme metal bands with origins in 1995. Cultus Sanguine — Latin for 'cult of blood' — has spent three decades crafting dark, atmospheric metal that bridges gothic, black, and doom traditions.
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