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Gothic metal band from Leiria, Portugal, active since 2018. Their approach delivers dark atmospheric gothic metal from the central Portuguese city.
Ravenblack is a gothic/heavy metal band from Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, formed in 2016. The project merges the dark atmospherics of gothic metal with heavy metal drive from western Germany's wine country.
Gothic/death metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2021. Their approach blends gothic atmosphere with death metal's intensity from Italy's fashion capital.
Ravencrown is a melodic gothic metal/rock band from Oulu in northern Finland, formed in 2020. The band blends gothic atmospherics with melodic metal from one of Finland's northernmost major cities.
Ravendark is a gothic metal/rock band from Effelder in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2014. The project blends dark gothic atmospheres with rock and metal from the rural forests of central Germany.
Progressive/gothic metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2020. Their approach combines progressive complexity with gothic metal's dark elegance.
Originating in Vienna around 1995 before relocating to Toronto, Raventhrone played symphonic gothic black metal with themes of ancient battles and fantasy. Their 2002 album Endless Conflict Theorem, released on Avantgarde Music, and its predecessor Malice in Wonderland represent the band's primary recorded legacy.
Gothic/doom/death metal band from Rome, Italy, active since 2013. Their approach blends three dark metal genres into richly atmospheric music from the Eternal City.
Reaperium is a gothic metal band from Sodankylä in Finnish Lapland, formed in 2020. The band delivers atmospheric gothic metal from inside the Arctic Circle, one of the most northerly metal acts in Europe.
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