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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Stahlmagen ("Steel Stomach") craft melodic and epic black/gothic metal from Goppingen in Baden-Wurttemberg, blending atmospheric grandeur with the iron constitution their name implies. Active since 2018, they bring an unusually ornate approach to Swabian extreme metal.
Stoker craft gothic metal and rock from Brno, channeling dark romanticism and brooding atmospheres through heavy compositions. Their name, evoking the author of Dracula, fits their gothic aesthetic perfectly.
Storm Kingdom is an Orlando, Florida band formed in 2021 that fuses the grandeur of symphonic metal with gothic atmosphere and death metal weight, creating a lush and darkly cinematic sound.
Stormgarde craft melodic gothic metal and rock from Recklinghausen, blending dark romanticism with accessible melodic hooks. Active since 2008, they've spent nearly two decades building their gothic fortress in the Ruhr Valley.
Symphonic gothic metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in 2015, weaving orchestral arrangements and atmospheric dark imagery into a sound that draws equally from gothic metal's melodic melancholy and symphonic metal's grandeur.
Stream of Passion formed in the Netherlands in 2005 as a collaboration between Ayreon architect Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Mexican vocalist, violinist, and lyricist Marcela Bovio, the two composing the debut album Embrace the Storm entirely over the internet. When Lucassen departed after the first record to focus on other projects, Bovio took over the band's leadership, guiding it through three additional studio albums: The Flame Within (2009), Darker Days (2011), and A War of Our Own (2014). The band dissolved in 2016 before reuniting in 2022 for new material including the EP Beautiful Warrior (2023). Stream of Passion occupy a unique space within progressive and symphonic metal, defined above all by Bovio's expressive vocal presence and violin work.
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Sudenkehto (Finnish for "Wolf's Cradle") craft gothic metal from the western Finnish city of Seinajoki, weaving lupine themes through dark romantic compositions. Formed in 2023, they bring wolf-den darkness to the Ostrobothnia scene.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania industrial gothic metal band formed in 2016, combining the mechanical textures and electronic elements of industrial metal with the dark romanticism and atmospheric depth of gothic metal.
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