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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Sinamore craft gothic metal and rock from the southeastern Finnish port of Hamina, weaving dark romantic themes through melodic heavy compositions. Active since 2006, they bring two decades of Kymenlaakso gloom to the Finnish gothic scene.
Sine Anima ("Without Soul" in Latin) forge gothic, doom, and death metal from Murcia, blending dark romanticism with crushing extremity. Active since 2014, they bring soulless darkness to the southeastern Spanish scene.
Sinnemia blend groove and gothic metal with rock elements from Brno, creating a darkly melodic sound that balances heaviness with accessibility. Their Moravian capital base gives them access to one of the Czech Republic's most vibrant music scenes.
Sipher craft gothic, alternative, and industrial metal from Helsinki, blending multiple dark music traditions into a versatile heavy sound. Active since 2015, they bring encoded darkness to the Finnish capital's alternative metal scene.
Sirenia was founded in Stavanger, Norway in 2001 by Morten Veland, shortly after his departure from Tristania, a band he had co-founded. Veland brought an early batch of compositions with him and used them to build the debut album At Sixes and Sevens, establishing the band's template of gothic metal layered with symphonic orchestration, soprano vocals, choral arrangements, and Veland's own death growls. The band has released twelve studio albums over more than two decades, with Veland handling nearly all instrumental duties throughout. Sirenia remain one of the most consistent acts in European symphonic gothic metal.
Skeleton Rose is a gothic and groove metal band from Hallock, Minnesota — a town so small and remote it makes their very existence a statement — formed in 2019. They blend gloomy melodic gothic metal with groove metal's rhythmic punch, a combination that stands out sharply against the surrounding flatlands.
Skjorta have been blending symphonic, doom, and gothic metal from Weil am Rhein on the Swiss-French-German tri-border since 2001. Their two-decade career at this cultural crossroads has produced music that draws from three national metal traditions simultaneously.
Skydancer craft doom and gothic metal from the Estonian university city of Tartu, combining crushing heaviness with dark romantic atmospheres. Active since 2012, they bring ethereal grace to the Baltic doom scene.
Sleeping Gods craft doom, death, and gothic metal from Kassel, weaving dark romantic atmospheres through crushing heaviness and deep growls. Their Hessian base provides a fitting backdrop for music that explores the space between slumber and divinity.
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