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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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Madison's symphonic black metal counterpart to their city's groove metal namesake, this Wisconsin outfit layers orchestral grandeur over icy black metal aggression with theatrical ambition.
Ergus is a symphonic metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded by Erick Schnaider, Thuany Schnaider, and Elvis Rodrigues. The band released their debut album Insomnium in June 2020, a ten-track concept record exploring the themes of lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, and the thin boundary between dreams and reality.
Symphonic death/black metal band from Graz, Austria, featuring orchestral arrangements and choir elements layered over extreme metal foundations since 2014. Their debut "Final Moments in Life" showcases the Mayerwieser brothers on vocals, synths, and guitar alongside a full five-piece lineup creating dense, cinematic metal.
On the warpath since 2016, this Turin Progressive Metal and Symphonic Metal outfit delivers polyrhythmic complexity balanced with emotive melodic passages. Their place within Italy's underrated but thriving metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Symphonic metal project from Paris, France formed in 2020. They deliver orchestral, cinematic metal compositions from the French capital.
Symphonic black metal project from Barcelona, Spain launched in 2023. They draw their name from the infamous Blood Countess, channeling dark aristocratic themes through symphonic extremity.
Power metal and symphonic metal act from Seville, Spain formed in 2015. They channel epic melodies and orchestral grandeur from southern Spain.
New York's Eternal Ascent combine symphonic grandeur with power metal's soaring melodicism, constructing anthemic compositions built for arenas and imagined medieval battlefields alike. Active since 2019, they pursue unapologetic epic bombast.
Formed in 2023, this Kyiv Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, and Symphonic Metal outfit delivers labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Their place within Ukraine's fierce and unyielding metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
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