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Featured Album
Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
05/15 @ Paribu Art - Ana Sahne, İstanbul
Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
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Ghosts of Atlantis is an extreme symphonic metal/metalcore band from Ipswich in Suffolk, formed in 2020. They merge symphonic grandeur with extreme metal intensity from the East Anglian county town.
Symphonic metal and rock act from Sevastopol, active since 2017 and blending orchestral grandeur with heavy riffing. Their sweeping sound channels cinematic atmosphere through a metal framework.
Ghûlheim is a symphonic death metal project from Sweden, active since 2019 and merging orchestral grandeur with death metal ferocity. The project delivers cinematic extremity through bombastic arrangements.
Giotopia is a symphonic progressive metal project from Beveren, Belgium, built around elaborate fantasy narratives told through music, with releases titled A Fantasy Tale on Music parts I and II, Trinity of Evil, and Egar's Return. The project has remastered earlier material in 2022-2023, refining a catalog of cinematic, story-driven metal.
Girders is a symphonic black/death metal project from Scotland, formed in 2017. They pair orchestral symphonic elements with the aggression of both black and death metal from north of the border.
Give Up the Ghost is a symphonic/melodic death metal band from Rimini on the Adriatic coast, formed in 2016. They blend symphonic orchestration with melodic death metal from the Romagna beach city.
Glassgod is a progressive symphonic metal project from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2023, blending complex progressive structures with orchestral symphonic elements. The project is a new addition to Leipzig's historically rich music scene.
Glasya is a symphonic metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, active since 2020 and named after the demon prince of the Ars Goetia, weaving orchestral grandeur into heavy metal. The project merges bombastic symphonic arrangements with powerful metal songwriting.
Gloomy Grim is a Finnish black metal and symphonic metal project started in 1995 by Agathon as a one-man band, driven by his will to make music on his own terms with primary inspiration drawn from horror film soundtracks. The project expanded to a full band, releasing albums including Blood, Monsters, Darkness, The Age of Aquarius, and Agathonomicon.
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