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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Kirov's Velaverante creates lush symphonic metal infused with gothic elements, layering orchestral arrangements over heavy guitar foundations. Their ambitious compositions pair dramatic keyboard work with emotional vocal performances in the tradition of European symphonic metal.
Velian is a melodic gothic/death metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2016 by five veterans of the Bulgarian metal scene from acts like Wartime, Fanagoria, and PhyX. Their discography — including the EP "Fireflies," full-lengths "Godless," "Spectacle of Tragedy," and 2026's "Embers" — addresses destructive materialism and societal decay through richly layered gothic-tinged death metal.
Violet Moon is a gothic metal turned melodic death metal band from the Amberg/Auerbach/Regensburg/Forchheim area of Germany, formed in 2025. They evolved from gothic metal origins to embrace the heavier, more aggressive sound of melodic death metal.
Virus Project is a gothic/doom metal band from Eger, Hungary, formed in 2020. They blend gothic metal's dark atmosphere with doom's crushing weight.
Vitreus is a gothic metal band from Castellón de la Plana, Spain, formed in 2015. They play atmospheric gothic metal with dark, romantic textures.
Khimki's Voiceless Void pairs doom metal's crushing weight with gothic metal's melancholic beauty, creating compositions that move between heavy despair and darkly romantic atmosphere. Their patient, emotionally charged approach recalls the sorrowful grandeur of early Paradise Lost and Type O Negative.
Void Machine is a gothic metal/rock project from Solothurn, Switzerland. They blend gothic metal's dark atmospherics with rock accessibility, creating brooding, melodic compositions.
Columbus, Ohio band weaving Gothic gloom into melodic death metal, pairing the melancholic atmosphere of the Gothic tradition with driving riffs and death metal aggression. Active since 2022, they occupy the darkly romantic space between mid-era Paradise Lost and Scandinavian melodeath.
VVM is an electronic/industrial/gothic death metal project from Girona, Spain, formed in 2023. They fuse industrial electronics and rock with gothic and death metal for an eclectic, genre-crossing sound.
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