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The Arcane Legacy bring symphonic metal grandeur from the small Czech city of Dvůr Králové nad Labem, layering orchestral arrangements and soaring melodies over a heavy metal foundation since 2017. Their ambitious compositions draw on the epic, cinematic tradition of European symphonic metal.
The Attic Assembly is a symphonic black metal project from Mannheim, Germany, formed in 2023. They layer symphonic orchestration over black metal's ferocity.
The Chamberlain is a symphonic black metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2014. They layer orchestral symphonic elements over black metal's raw aggression.
The Circle is a symphonic black metal band from Hameln, Germany, formed in 2021. They layer symphonic elements over black metal's aggressive foundations.
The Clockwork Deity from Brighton deliver an ambitious fusion of symphonic, technical, brutal death metal, and grindcore since 2017. Their name — suggesting a mechanistic god — drives compositions of divine complexity from the Sussex coast.
The Fall of Time from Belfort in the Franche-Comté deliver symphonic death metal with progressive elements, exploring the collapse of temporal reality since 2015. A decade of time-bending compositions from this Franco-Swiss border city has produced ambitious, orchestrally enhanced extreme metal.
The Furious Horde is a symphonic black/gothic metal band from Essex, active since 2007. Their music combines the orchestral grandeur of symphonic metal with the darkness of black and gothic metal, creating dramatic and atmospheric compositions.
Massachusetts-based The Heavy Metal Orchestra, formed in 2019, take the idea of symphonic metal seriously enough to make the orchestra part literal — fusing large-scale orchestral arrangements with the power and aggression of heavy metal. Where many symphonic metal acts layer strings and brass as window dressing, this project treats the orchestral element as a full compositional equal. The result is cinematic and grandiose in the best sense.
Symphonic/funeral doom metal from San Antonio.
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