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Charlotte, North Carolina's Draconian Scepter have been one of the more durable American symphonic black metal acts since their founding in 2005, weaving orchestral grandeur into a framework of cold, aggressive riffing with a scope that sets them apart from the stripped-down USBM scene around them. Two decades in, their ambition to build something theatrical and cinematic within an extreme metal context remains their defining characteristic.
One of the longer-running acts in the American black/death underground, Temecula, California's Draconis have been forging their sound since 1998, navigating the tension between the corrosive atmospherics of black metal and the punishing technicality of death metal across nearly three decades. Their Southern California origin — far from the genre's Scandinavian birthplace — lends their work a sun-bleached ferocity that's distinctly their own.
Dracvlea Noctis is a symphonic black metal band from Murcia, Spain. They deliver vampiric symphonic black metal from southeastern Spain.
DragonHarp is a power and symphonic metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2016. The project delivers soaring power metal enriched with symphonic grandeur and fantasy themes.
Dragonland is a power and symphonic metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2023. The project delivers soaring power metal enriched with symphonic grandeur.
Dragonspell plays symphonic metal from Moscow, formed in 2022 and weaving dragon-fire fantasy themes through orchestral arrangements and heavy riffing. Their enchantment-of-dragons name captures the genre's fascination with the mythological and the epic.
A symphonic power metal band from Vienna, Austria, founded in 2007 from a studio rock opera project called The Dragonslayer Project by guitarist Daniel Stockinger and vocalist Siegfried Samer. They have released five studio albums, including 'Legends' (2012, via Limb Music) and 'Hic Svnt Dracones' (2024), the latter charting at number 33 on the Austrian albums chart.
Drakon is a symphonic metal band from Czeladz, Poland, formed in 2022. The project delivers dramatic symphonic metal from the Upper Silesian scene.
Draumar is a symphonic ambient/black metal project from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2022. They create dreamlike atmospheric journeys through symphonic textures and black metal.
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