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Novembre is a death/doom/gothic/progressive metal band from Rome, Italy, active since 2020. They are one of Italy's most respected progressive extreme metal acts, known for their emotionally profound and musically adventurous compositions.
Nox Mortis is an avant-garde gothic/doom metal band from Gotha in Thuringia, active since 1996. Nearly three decades of genre-bending doom and gothic metal make them one of the most enduring extreme acts in eastern Germany.
Noxiferis is a gothic/progressive metal band from the Bielsko-Biała area, Poland, formed in 2022. They weave dark atmospheric elements with progressive complexity.
Nympherite is a doom/gothic metal band from Elektrostal in the Moscow Oblast, active since 2015. They weave dark romantic atmospherics with funereal doom from this science city.
Nöhm Island is a gothic/heavy metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2014. Their sound merges the dark elegance of gothic metal with the driving power of traditional heavy metal.
Savage Melodic Black / Death Metal / Metalcore from Fort Worth.
Hamburg gothic/doom metal act weaving darkly romantic compositions since 2015. Their blend of gothic metal's theatrical melancholy with doom's crushing weight places them within a tradition that Hamburg's port-city gloom suits well.
Gothic/doom/death metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2021. Their oceanic name frames their blend of gothic atmosphere, doom metal's weight, and death metal's intensity from the Eternal City.
Founded by vocalist Tiago Monteiro and guitarist Mad Ferreira, Ode Insone blend gothic doom with melodic death metal and lyrical darkness sung entirely in Portuguese. In the span of three years they released three albums — Relógio (2018), A Origem da Agonia (2019), and Isolamento: Do Silêncio à Poesia (2020) — each weaving slow, heavy riffs into poetry-driven reflections on despair and existential isolation.
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