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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Heavenlust is a gothic metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2021. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic metal layered with emotional depth.
Gothic Metal/Rock outfit rooted in Tula, channeling furious underground intensity since 2020. Energetic performances and committed songwriting define their approach.
Heavenwood is a gothic metal band from Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, formed in 2020. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic metal layered with emotional depth.
Blackened death/gothic metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2020. Their distinctive fusion merges the brutality of blackened death metal with the dark romance of gothic metal.
Hefeystos is a black/gothic metal (early); avant-garde rock (later) band from Rumia, Poland, formed in 2020. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic metal layered with emotional depth.
Bred in Athens's underground, this act delivers relentless heavy/gothic metal since 2024. Their sound draws on NWOBHM and classic metal traditions with conviction.
Hellfox is a gothic/melodic death metal band from Bergamo, Italy, active since 2011 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Epic gothic metal band from Losheim, Germany, active since 2010. Their grand, orchestrally tinged gothic metal creates sweeping, atmospheric compositions from the Saarland countryside.
Gothic metal band from Geigant, Germany, formed in 2023. Their dark, romantic sound draws on the rich tradition of European gothic metal with atmospheric melancholy.
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