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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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Death-doom-gothic metal band from Leipzig, Germany, active since 1995. With three decades of history, Cracked Corpuscles are veterans of the Saxon extreme metal scene, blending gothic atmospheres with crushing death-doom.
Iconic British extreme metal band from Ipswich, one of the most commercially successful extreme metal acts in history. Cradle of Filth blend black metal, death metal, gothic horror, and symphonic grandeur into a theatrical, unmistakable sound.
Treviso-based symphonic extreme metal act blending melodic black metal grandeur with gothic atmospherics across releases like 'The Scarlet Procession.' Their ambitious fusion of orchestral sweep and extreme metal aggression aims for an avant-garde identity within the Italian underground.
Gothic metal band from Heraklion, Crete, formed in 2019. They weave dark, melancholic atmospheres into heavy metal from the Cretan capital.
Gothic metalcore act from Oslo, formed in 2025. Crecended blends dark gothic atmospherics with metalcore intensity.
Gothic industrial death metal band from Mannheim, Germany, active since 2009. They blend the aggression of death metal with gothic atmospheres and industrial elements from the Rhine-Neckar region.
Gothic power-heavy metal band from Kuopio, Finland, active since 2006. They blend gothic atmospheres with power metal hooks and heavy metal drive from the eastern Finnish lakeland.
Portland, Oregon's Crimson Altar deal in traditional doom metal with a slow, crushing devotion to the genre's foundational heaviness. Their music evokes the Pacific Northwest's gray skies and introspective weight.
Gothic metal band from Marseille, France, active since 1997. With nearly three decades of history, Crimson Garden are veterans of the French gothic metal scene.
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