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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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Moonlight Haze is a symphonic/power metal band from Northern Italy, Italy, formed in 2019. They combine orchestral grandeur with power metal's soaring energy.
Epic Symphonic Power Metal from San Benito.
MoonSun is a symphonic metal band from Kaiserslautern, Germany, formed in 2013, blending melodic power metal with gothic and symphonic metal elements. Their catalog of singles and releases showcases lush orchestral arrangements alongside heavy, melodic metalwork.
Moonthrone Golgotha is a symphonic black metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2024. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal from northeast England.
MoonWind is a symphonic metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2023. They layer orchestral grandeur over heavy metal foundations.
Moonwrath is a symphonic folk and black metal band from Clermont, France, formed in 2018. They weave folk instrumentation and symphonic arrangements into fierce black metal compositions.
Morana is a symphonic black metal/dungeon synth band from Oxford, England, formed in 2024. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal foundations.
Morbonoct is a symphonic black metal band from Kherson, Ukraine, formed in 2021. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal foundations.
San Jose's Mordant Rapture occupy a technically demanding intersection of symphonic, black, and death metal, weaving orchestral arrangements into dense, precise extreme metal compositions since 2018. Their technical ambition and multi-layered approach set them apart from the Bay Area underground's more straightforward acts.
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