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Founded in Písek in 2014 as a death metal band, Arthemion shifted toward symphonic gothic/death metal after vocalist Neira joined in 2016, adding clean vocals alongside growling and broadening the band's orchestral palette. Their 2020 debut album Inner contains six tracks and reflects the band's evolution, with over 60 concerts played in the years following its release.
Arturius crafts symphonic progressive metal from Gothenburg since 1994. Over three decades from Sweden's second city, this Arthurian-named project has produced one of the country's longest-running progressive metal legacies.
As Night Falls delivers symphonic power metal from Katowice since 2012. Over a decade from Silesia's capital, they have crafted orchestrally enhanced compositions that harness the dramatic potential of darkness descending.
Asael is a symphonic black and thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2020, combining orchestral grandeur with the speed and aggression of black and thrash metal. The band merges symphonic ambition with extreme metal intensity from Germany's capital city.
Ashen Fields creates symphonic death metal from Genoa since 2018. Their name conjures landscapes of devastation rendered in orchestral grandeur, with the Ligurian port city's maritime drama feeding their cinematic approach.
AshenPlains crafts symphonic metal from the Finnish underground since 2021, painting vast sonic landscapes through orchestral arrangements over heavy foundations. Their name evokes the desolate beauty of scorched terrain rendered in sweeping musical scope.
New Jersey symphonic metal project layering orchestral grandeur over heavy riffs, bringing dramatic, cinematic metal to the Garden State's diverse heavy music landscape.
Ashes of Dagoth is a German symphonic black metal project whose 2015 album The Awakening draws its entire narrative from The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, exploring the stories of the Dwemer, Kagrenac, and Dagoth Ur through six tracks of orchestrally-enriched black metal. The project represents a distinctive intersection of video game lore and extreme metal composition.
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