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Hamburg progressive/symphonic metal project formed in 2020, weaving orchestral elements into progressive metal's complex arrangements. Their approach favors compositional ambition and dynamic range over raw heaviness.
Orion were founded at the end of 2001 in San Javier, a town in Chile's Maule region, with the stated aim of channeling the spirit of 1980s thrash and death metal. The band released their debut full-length Mysterivm Cosmographicvm in September 2020 through Iron Blood and Death Corporation, recorded and mastered at Equinox Studios in Rancagua, weaving philosophical and ancient-world themes through nine tracks of old-school death/thrash.
Post-black metal project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2021. The project channels contemplative, expansive post-black metal from the Russian capital.
Knurow melodic death metal act from the Upper Silesian industrial heartland, hailing from a coal-mining town near Gliwice. Their Scandinavian-influenced melodeath brings an unexpected elegance to working-class Silesian origins.
Houston's Orisonata blend symphonic grandeur with progressive metal's structural complexity, producing music that swings between sweeping orchestral passages and intricate instrumentation. They represent a more ambitious, cinematic strain of the Texas metal underground.
Aargau-based black/pagan metal act fusing raw black metal intensity with folk and pagan thematic elements since 2017. Their approach places ancient European spiritual traditions within a framework of aggressive, tremolo-driven black metal.
Orizzon bring a four-piece lineup — vocalist Tiago Pierucci, guitarist Marcos Duran, bassist Leonardo Gonçalves, and drummer Fabricio Mendonça — to a sound that fuses classic heavy metal muscle with progressive songwriting ambition. Their 2024 debut "Inner" confirmed the band's intent to bridge old-school power and modern technical sensibility without defaulting to either extreme. The result is a progressive metal record that values memorable hooks alongside compositional depth.
Parisian symphonic metal act Orkhys constructs elaborate cinematic compositions that merge orchestral bombast with heavy guitar work. Their grandiose approach favors sweeping melodies and dramatic dynamics, drawing from both the symphonic metal and film score traditions.
Treviso death metal act from the Veneto region, active since 2020. Operating from a city in Prosecco country northeast of Venice, they bring straightforward death metal aggression to an area better known for its wine than its extreme music.
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