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Lacrimacorpus Dissolvens is a Progressive Death Metal/Ambient band from Mexico City, Mexico, formed in 2005. They released their debut full-length "Oath" in 2010, followed by the EP "Letters" in 2013 and the second full-length "Void (v. Beta)" in 2018. Their 2022 release "Epiphany" continued the band's approach of combining death metal instrumentation with ambient and atmospheric elements.
Italian melodic gothic metal band from Pesaro, crafting tearful, darkly beautiful compositions since 2012. Their name, meaning 'tears,' perfectly captures the sorrowful, emotive character of their gothic metal.
Long-running German act from Waging am See, evolving from melodic doom/death metal origins in 1999 to gothic metal and rock. Their extensive discography on Napalm Records spans albums like 'Burning: A Wish' through 'Antiadore,' maintaining an active European touring presence.
Lacryma Sanguine is a death/doom metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, active since 2008 and among the few doom metal acts to emerge from the northeast of the country. They released their debut digital EP As The Autumn Ends in 2008 via KillZone Records, followed by their first full-length album Amongst These Walls in 2012, distributed by Chilean label FunerART, drawing on the melodic heaviness of My Dying Bride, Saturnus, and Swallow the Sun.
Portuguese heavy/doom/gothic metal band from Oeiras, blending three dark traditions since 2015. Their name, meaning 'tears,' captures the sorrowful, emotive character of their multi-genre approach.
Lancaster, California's Lacuna emerged in 2023 with post-black metal that trades in vast, desolate soundscapes sculpted from the high desert's silence. Their music fills the void between atmospheric black metal's coldness and something approaching transcendence.
Lacuna Coil is a gothic and alternative metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 1994 under the name Ethereal before adopting their current name upon signing with Century Media Records. The band built their signature sound around the interplay of soprano vocalist Cristina Scabbia and bassist/co-vocalist Andrea Ferro, releasing their international breakthrough Comalies in 2002 — an album that helped define the early 2000s wave of European gothic metal crossover. Having sold over two million albums worldwide, the band has released a steady catalog through Sleepless Empire in 2025.
Fort Collins, Colorado's Ladder Match fuse sludge metal's lurching misery with grindcore's explosive brevity, producing something that hits unpredictably hard. Formed in 2023, they're one of the Rockies' more unusual extreme offerings.
Chicago's Ladies of Leisure bring fuzzy, laid-back riffcraft to the stoner metal and hard rock intersection, with a heavy groove that feels right at home in the Windy City's DIY scene. Active since 2014, they're among Chicago's most relaxed-yet-heavy acts.
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