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Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Gothic/melodic death metal band from Menden, Germany, active since 2004. Two decades of combining gothic atmosphere with melodic death metal aggression have made them a distinctive voice in the Sauerland metal scene.
Hermh is a atmospheric black/gothic metal (early); symphonic black metal (later) band from Białystok, Poland, formed in 1995. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Hertz Kankarok is a avant-garde gothic metal band from Acireale (Catania), Italy, formed in 2015. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic metal layered with emotional depth.
Thrash metal act from Lyon in southeastern France, active since 2023. Their abbreviated name suits concise, aggressive thrash compositions from France's gastronomic capital turned metal hotbed.
Neo-psychedelic doom metal from Amsterdam
Drone-laced riffs and thunderous grooves with bluesy vocals and electric violin in a maelstrom of feedback, loops, and effects.
Gothic metal/rock band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2025. Their dark, atmospheric sound draws on the romantic traditions of gothic metal with modern rock accessibility.
An established gothic/doom metal voice from Enschede, contributing to Netherlands's underground since 2016. Monolithic compositions and oppressive atmospheres define their crushing sound.
Gothic/symphonic black metal act from Rechitsa, Belarus, formed in 2019. Their ornate sound layers symphonic grandeur and gothic atmosphere over a foundation of black metal ferocity.
Gothic metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2020. Their dark, atmospheric sound draws on the romantic traditions of European gothic metal with ornate arrangements and brooding melodies.
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