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Dream Infernal is a gothic metal band from Hampshire, England, formed in 2021. The band merge the dark atmosphere and melodic sensibility of gothic metal with heavy instrumentation.
Dream of December is a progressive death-doom band from Plovdiv, Bulgaria, blending death metal weight with doom's deliberate pacing and progressive metal's structural ambition. Formed in 2021, their work suggests a literary and conceptual approach to extreme metal songwriting.
Out of Ansonia, Connecticut since 2013, Dream of Scipio has spent over a decade refining a sound that fuses the surgical precision of technical death metal with the brute-force impact of deathcore. The result is music that demands both physical and intellectual engagement — time signatures that shift under the listener's feet, breakdowns that feel genuinely earned, and guitar work that prioritizes complexity without sacrificing brutality. They are among the longer-tenured acts in the CT extreme metal underground.
Dream Portals is a gothic/doom metal band from Bonn, Germany, active since 2009. They open dark portals through atmospheric gothic doom.
Dream Projector is an experimental black metal project from Finland, active since 2014. They project dreamlike visions through experimental black metal.
Milwaukee's Dream Relic emerged in 2024, immediately staking out a sound that draws from gothic metal's atmospheric darkness and progressive metal's structural ambition. The combination produces something layered and melancholic, with the compositional depth of prog woven through with the haunting textures that define gothic metal at its best. As one of the newer voices in the Milwaukee scene, they arrive with a clear sense of identity already in place.
Dream Toys is a progressive metal band from Genoa, Italy, formed in 2016. The project delivers intricate and dynamic progressive metal compositions from the Ligurian underground.
Dream Troll is a heavy and power metal band from Leeds, formed in 2017 with the ethos of "making the old sound new again." Their catalog includes Quest for Steel, Realm of the Tormentor, Chrome Skull Viper (2022), and Mons Ominosus (2023), all steeped in classic heavy metal tradition with fantasy-themed titles.
Dream Weaver is a power metal band from Piraeus and Athens, Greece, formed in 2017. The band craft melodic, anthemic power metal with the epic energy of the Greek power metal tradition.
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