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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)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Symphonic black metal act from the Gelsenkirchen/Herne area in the Ruhr Valley, layering orchestral grandeur over blackened intensity since 2018. Named after the Greek personification of dreams, their compositions balance beauty and hostility.
Onirik Illusion pairs symphonic metal's orchestral ambition with gothic metal's darker emotional palette, creating lush arrangements anchored by heavy guitar work. This Parisian act layers choral and operatic vocal elements over cinematic compositions.
Legendary Italian extreme metal band from Biella, Piedmont, with a history spanning multiple eras and stylistic phases from gothic/doom/death metal to symphonic black metal. Opera IX are among Italy's most internationally recognized extreme metal acts, with their theatrics and occult themes defining a uniquely Italian approach to the genre.
Czech symphonic/gothic metal band from Brno, formed in 2022 and layering orchestral beauty over dark romanticism. Their Latin name, meaning 'covered' or 'hidden,' channels the veiled mystery of their symphonic gothic approach.
Strasbourg's Ophidian Spell combines symphonic grandeur with melodic death metal's twin-guitar harmonies and death metal's visceral punch. Their ornate arrangements weave orchestral textures through technically proficient riffing, creating a richly layered sound.
Kazan symphonic gothic metal act active since 2016, layering orchestral drama over gothic metal's dark romanticism. Based in the capital of Tatarstan, their work carries multicultural influences from a city at the crossroads of European and Asian Russia.
Warsaw symphonic death metal act active since 2013, layering orchestral arrangements over death metal from Poland's capital. Over a decade they have developed an approach that balances grandiose symphonic ambition with the genre's requisite brutality.
Hamburg progressive/symphonic metal project formed in 2020, weaving orchestral elements into progressive metal's complex arrangements. Their approach favors compositional ambition and dynamic range over raw heaviness.
Houston's Orisonata blend symphonic grandeur with progressive metal's structural complexity, producing music that swings between sweeping orchestral passages and intricate instrumentation. They represent a more ambitious, cinematic strain of the Texas metal underground.
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