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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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Progressive metal and symphonic metal band from Paris, France formed in 2018. They blend orchestral ambition with progressive metal complexity from the French capital.
Modena, Italy — symphonic metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2020, they deal in cinematic sweep and operatic vocals over thundering metal arrangements. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Bari's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this progressive metal and symphonic metal unit is among them — wielding labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Symphonic metal band from Annaberg-Buchholz in Saxony's Erzgebirge mountains, blending orchestral grandeur with heavy metal power since 2015. Their name evokes the dark elegance that characterizes their fusion of classical and metal elements.
Miami's Echoes of a Nightmare has been fusing symphonic orchestration with death metal aggression and deathcore breakdowns since 2013 — a combination that plays to the city's theatrical, multilingual metal scene.
Los Angeles-based since 2006, Echoes of Silence drape symphonic grandeur over the icy framework of black metal, building an atmospheric sound that leans cinematic without losing its teeth.
Straddling the line between gothic metal and symphonic metal, this Hungarian actfrom Budaörs fuses lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2009, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Symphonic metal institution from Linz, Austria, led by mastermind guitarist Lanvall with vocalist Sabine Edelsbacher delivering powerful performances over elaborate orchestral arrangements. With a discography spanning albums like "Myearthdream," "Solitaire," and "Dynamind" on Napalm Records, they're regarded as one of the leading bands in the symphonic metal genre.
Heavy metal and symphonic metal band from Pont-a-Mousson, France active since 2011. They blend classical orchestral elements with melodic heavy metal from the Lorraine region.
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