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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Melodic gothic/black/doom metal act from Dresden, Germany, weaving together three dark subgenres since 2007. Their Latin name, meaning "hear" or "listen," invites the listener into their multi-layered world of darkness and melody.
Wielding gothic metal as their weapon, this British outfit from Glasgow has been refining their craft since 2019. Their sound hinges on dark, theatrical compositions balancing heaviness with elegance, delivered with unrelenting drive.
Gothic metal act from Havirov, Czech Republic, blending dark atmospheric beauty with heavy instrumentation since 2013. Their approach merges the emotional depth of gothic metal with the industrial heritage of their Silesian hometown.
Genoese heavy metal act originally established in 1990 and resurrected with vocalist Jason (ex-Ulfe, ex-Sacradis), guitarists Massimo Malachina, bassist G.B Malachina, and drummer Maurizio Solarino. Their Crimson Evil Eyes EP revives old-school '90s evil metal inspired by King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, and Candlemass, blending gothic doom with classic heavy metal theatrics.
California's Exsanguinated Shade occupy a niche where atmospheric black metal's windswept desolation bleeds into gothic metal's melodramatic romanticism, resulting in music that's as much about mood and texture as about aggression. Since forming in 2020, they've built a layered aesthetic that favors immersion over impact.
Practitioners of gothic metal, this Russian outfit from Ryazan has been refining their craft since 2022. Their sound hinges on dark, theatrical compositions balancing heaviness with elegance, delivered with fierce commitment.
Gothic and symphonic metal band from Istres in Provence, France active since 2014. They blend dark atmospherics with orchestral grandeur from southern France.
Fabiant is a melodic gothic/death/thrash/folk metal project from Gomel, Belarus, formed in 2010. The project fuses an unusually wide range of metal subgenres — gothic, death, thrash, and folk — into a singular, genre-blending approach.
Faceshift is a heavy metal band from Stockholm that evolved from earlier gothic metal origins, active since 2012. Their stylistic evolution from gothic to traditional heavy metal reflects a journey toward more direct, riff-driven songwriting from the Swedish capital.
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