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Ceromancy is a Chicago, Illinois band fusing black and death metal with sweeping symphonic layers, creating elaborate and dramatic compositions with both brutality and orchestral grandeur. They draw on occult themes to reinforce their dense, multifaceted sound.
Symphonic metal act from Novosibirsk, formed in 2019. Chains of Sanity delivers orchestral metal from Siberia's largest city.
Symphonic deathcore band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2024. They blend symphonic grandeur with crushing deathcore breakdowns and death metal extremity.
Moorhead, Minnesota band Chandrian blend black metal's raw intensity with symphonic metal's orchestral arrangements and grand scope. Their approach incorporates atmospheric keyboard layers and melodic structures alongside harsher black metal elements.
Tucson, Arizona band Chaos Ascending combine black metal's cold intensity and tremolo-picked aggression with symphonic metal's orchestral grandeur and melodic scope. Their sound bridges raw black metal aesthetics with cinematic, keyboard-driven arrangements.
Symphonic blackened death metal act from Birkirkara, Malta, formed in 2017. Chaotic Remains delivers orchestral extremity from the densely populated heart of the Maltese islands.
Charlotte Wessels is a Dutch singer-songwriter who spent over fifteen years as the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Delain before departing in 2021 to pursue a solo career. Her initial solo output, the Tales from Six Feet Under volumes, was recorded at home and distributed via Patreon, before she signed to Napalm Records and released the full-length The Obsession (2024), which featured collaborations with Simone Simons and Alissa White-Gluz. She has since toured extensively with Epica and Amaranthe on arena-sized European runs.
Colorado's Cheshire Black pairs the grandiosity of symphonic metal with death metal's brutality, crafting dramatic, orchestrated compositions that balance melody with aggression. The project reaches for cinematic scale within extreme metal.
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