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Chapel of Bones is a solo death/doom metal project from the suburbs of São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2025 by a musician credited as The Conductor. The project released its debut EP "Veil of Darkness" in October 2025, a three-track release described as trading in crushing riffs and funereal atmosphere with lyrical references that include Shakespeare. The project is unsigned and independently released.
Progressive death metal band from Cologne, Germany. Their 2024 album Echoes Of Light pushes beyond genre boundaries with stunning guitar work and contrasting moods, drawing comparisons to Blue Oyster Cult alongside their death metal roots.
Death metal band from Risca in South Wales, formed in 2017. They deliver crushing death metal from the Welsh valleys.
French black metal project formed in 2023. They channel chapel-themed darkness through raw black metal.
Chapel of Ruin was a death metal band from Pamplin, Virginia, active from 2010 to 2015, that drew on the classic sounds of Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, and Bolt Thrower. Their full-length album He Who Is Everything, released in 2014, is the band's primary recorded statement.
Blackened death metal act from Lisbon, formed in 2024. Chapel of Samhain channels Celtic pagan themes through extreme metal.
Frigid Black Metal out of Texas.
Death-groove metal band from Coventry, England, formed in 2020. They blend death metal aggression with heavy grooves from the city that gave birth to Cathedral.
Progressive metal band from Shumen, Bulgaria, formed around 2014. Their debut 'Genesis' was recorded live over four days in Harmanli and mastered in London, balancing doomy heaviness with progressive sophistication to critical acclaim.
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