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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Arctic Dreams blends symphonic industrial black metal with death metal, originating from Saint Petersburg before relocating to Belgrade, active since 2022. Their frozen-vision name bridges Russian and Serbian extreme metal scenes through orchestrally enhanced industrial darkness.
Deltona, Florida death metal veterans with roots stretching back to 1994 — distinct from the Norwegian avant-garde band. Five releases including Aspera Hiems Symfonia and Constellation document a band that has been part of Florida's extreme underground since the genre's golden age.
Ardagona creates symphonic metal from Saint Petersburg since 2000. Over a quarter century from Russia's imperial city, they have crafted one of the country's longest-running symphonic metal legacies.
Aresea creates symphonic metal from Syracuse in southeastern Sicily since 2018, channeling the grandeur of this ancient Greek colony through orchestral arrangements and powerful vocal performances. The city where Archimedes made his discoveries provides fitting context for their ambitious compositions.
Argentum Astrum merges symphonic black metal with ambient from Asha in the Chelyabinsk Region since 2008. Their Latin name meaning 'silver star' drives nearly two decades of celestial compositions from this small Ural Mountains town.
Aria Blake crafts symphonic metal from the Lorraine town of Lunéville since 2024, bringing orchestral grandeur to the Meurthe-et-Moselle department. Their operatic name promises the vocal drama and sweeping arrangements their sound delivers.
Grand Rapids symphonic metal project wrapping orchestral grandeur around heavy riffs, adding a touch of Midwestern elegance to the bombastic symphonic metal template.
Arluna crafts symphonic metal from Sassenheim in South Holland since 2020. Their lunar-inspired name guides orchestrally enhanced compositions from the heart of the Dune and Bulb Region between Leiden and Haarlem.
Art of Delusion is a symphonic metal and rock band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2014, blending orchestral grandeur with heavy guitar-driven compositions. The band operates in the tradition of symphonic metal that merges classical music ambition with the power of metal.
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