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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Featured Grindcore Album
The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Melodic death-symphonic metal band from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2020. They merge melodic death metal aggression with symphonic orchestration and cinematic grandeur.
Symphonic black metal act from Caltagirone in Catania province, Sicily, active since 2005. Circumventor has spent two decades blending orchestral grandeur with Sicilian black metal ferocity.
Gothenburg power/symphonic metal act active since 2009, crafting orchestral grandeur and soaring melodies from Sweden's second city. Their sweeping sound channels the triumphant energy of both genres.
Symphonic melodic death metal band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 2018. They merge melodic death metal aggression with symphonic orchestration from the Ostrobothnian coast.
Fort Smith, Arkansas heavy metal act Claymore carry on the classic tradition with no-nonsense riffing and a blue-collar approach to the genre. Their sound evokes the no-frills power of American heavy metal's formative years.
Symphonic metal band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in 2021. They create grand, orchestral metal from the Welsh capital.
Symphonic blackened death-deathcore act from Chelyabinsk in the Urals, active since 2015. Coated with Filth merges orchestral elements with a volatile mix of extreme subgenres.
Genre-spanning extreme metal band from Alicante, Spain, formed in 2023. Cold Without Sun blend black metal, deathcore, and symphonic elements into an ambitious sound from the Mediterranean coast.
Symphonic melodic death-black metal band from Vantaa, Finland, formed in 2018. They weave symphonic elements through a foundation of blackened melodic death metal.
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