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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Symphonic melodic blackened death metal act from Jönköping, active since 2014. Crimson Moonlight delivers epic, multi-layered extreme metal from the Småland highlands.
Symphonic power metal band from Palermo, Sicily, active since 2011. Crimson Wind delivers soaring melodies and orchestral bombast from Italy's largest island.
Springfield, Massachusetts symphonic metal band layering sweeping orchestral arrangements over heavy guitar foundations, bringing a cinematic grandeur to the New England metal underground.
Symphonic black-thrash metal band from Alexandroupoli in Thrace, Greece, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Crossover blend symphonic elements with black metal and thrash.
Fayetteville, Georgia's Crown of Sorrow weaves folk and symphonic elements into epic metal compositions, building cinematic soundscapes that feel as large as the genre's theatrical tradition demands. Grand in scope and emotionally sweeping, they bring an orchestral ambition to the Southern metal underground.
Symphonic metal band from Aberdeen, Scotland, formed in 2022. They create orchestral metal from the Granite City.
Symphonic gothic power metal band from Madrid, Spain, emerging in 2025. They create grand, orchestral metal with dramatic vocal performances.
Crows of Agartha is a symphonic metal project from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed in 2016 by vocalist and keyboardist Aldo Blanco alongside bassist Jesus Palavecino. The band released their album Inner Earth in 2019, drawing on fantasy, folk, and pagan themes woven through orchestrated metal arrangements.
Experimental symphonic black metal band from Derby, England, active since 2013. They blend black metal with symphonic and experimental elements from the East Midlands.
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