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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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One Day Closer to the End of the World (2019)
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Apnia crafts gothic metal from the naval city of Portsmouth since 2019, their sleep-apnea name evoking the suffocating, breathless quality of their atmospheric compositions. Their Hampshire origins feed a darkly romantic approach to heavy music.
Appendix is a gothic rock and metal band from Bruhl near Cologne, Germany, formed in 2020, blending the dark romanticism of gothic rock with the heavier edge of metal. The band operates in the Rhineland region, contributing to the gothic metal tradition that has deep roots in the German scene.
April Weeps creates melodic groove and gothic metal from Dunajská Streda in the Žitný ostrov since 2013. From this Hungarian-majority town in Slovakia's Danube island region, they bring over a decade of tearful melodic compositions.
Born from the members of Noxius Corp., Arborea crafted progressive gothic metal in Barcelona before releasing their sole album "Collage" in 2012 and disbanding. Their brief but focused career captured the melancholic beauty of Catalonia's gothic metal scene at its most introspective.
Arbour crafts gothic doom and death metal from Ålesund on Norway's Art Nouveau coast since 2014. Their garden-shelter name evokes the sheltered, verdant spaces where beauty and decay coexist — much like their music.
Arcana Noctem crafts symphonic black and gothic metal from Lviv since 2018. Their Latin name meaning 'secrets of the night' drives orchestrally enriched compositions from this architecturally magnificent western Ukrainian city.
Arcane Cathedral crafts symphonic death and gothic metal from Krosno in the Subcarpathian region since 2018. Their ecclesiastical-mystical name drives orchestrally enhanced compositions from this historic glass-working town in southeastern Poland.
Corte Madera, California gothic metal project with five releases spanning 2005 to present. Their deluxe edition on UK label Ravenheart Music demonstrates international reach from the small Marin County town, blending gothic atmospherics with progressive ambition.
San Francisco doom and gothic metal project whose 2017 single Angel blends dark beauty with crushing weight. A contribution to the Bay Area's diverse heavy music ecosystem.
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