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Siebenbürgen formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1994, blending melodic black metal with gothic atmospherics and themes drawn from vampirism, darkness, and Nordic folklore. The band secured a deal with Napalm Records on the strength of their 1996 demo Ungentum Pharelis, leading to their debut album Loreia in 1997. Their third album Delictum marked a shift to English-language lyrics and a more pronounced gothic sensibility, a direction they continued through Darker Designs & Images (2005) and Revelation VI (2008). Active across two periods from 1994 to 2009, they remain a notable entry in the Scandinavian gothic-black metal tradition.
Bratislava's Sighisoara pair gothic and doom metal from the Slovak capital since 2013. Named for the Transylvanian city where Vlad Dracula was born, over a decade of channeling vampiric heritage into darkly atmospheric compositions from the Danube.
Silence the Yearning blend melodic death metal with gothic metal from the Spanish underground, combining aggressive extremity with dark romantic longing. Active since 2015, they bring emotional depth to their Iberian melodic extreme sound.
Hailing from Venus, Texas, Silent Deep Ocean arrived in 2024 with a sound rooted in the slow suffocation of doom and the cold grandeur of gothic metal, building a world of dense atmosphere somewhere between grief and subterranean dread.
Silent Memories craft gothic metal from Barcelona, weaving dark romantic themes through atmospheric compositions. Active since 2011, they bring nostalgic melancholy to the Catalan gothic metal scene.
Silent Skies is a Swedish atmospheric project formed in 2018 as a collaboration between Tom S. Englund, vocalist of progressive metal band Evergrey, and American pianist Vikram Shankar. The duo's music centers on piano-driven melancholy, cinematic orchestration, and Englund's expressive vocals rather than guitar-heavy metal convention. Their debut Satellites (2020) was followed by Nectar (2022) and Dormant (2024) on Napalm Records, each album deepening the project's introspective, emotionally sparse aesthetic. Silent Skies occupies a space at the intersection of dark ambient, neoclassical, and contemporary gothic metal.
Silva Luges fuses black metal darkness with gothic metal's theatrical melancholy from Montbeliard in eastern France, active since 2014. Their Latin-inspired name suggests forest mourning, and their compositions match that sylvan gloom with layered atmospheric arrangements.
Silvershades blend gothic and doom metal from Neuss in the Rhineland, weaving dark romanticism through crushing, atmospheric compositions. Active since 2013, they bring elegance and heaviness to the North Rhine-Westphalia metal scene.
Silvis Vetus ("Ancient Forest" in Latin) blend symphonic power and gothic metal from the Catalan village of Corca, layering orchestral grandeur over dark romantic themes. Active since 2017, they bring forest-dwelling mysticism to the Emporda region.
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