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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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German doom/gothic metal band from Delitzsch near Leipzig, formed in 2023. They merge doom metal's crushing weight with gothic metal's dark romanticism.
Oslo-based thrash metal act active since 2016, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the genre's foundational principles of speed, precision, and relentless energy. Their material channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a Norwegian filter.
Finnish black metal and gothic/doom metal band from Rovaniemi, active since 1991. With over three decades of history, they are one of Finland's earliest and most enduring black metal projects, originating from the Arctic Circle.
French extreme gothic metal band from Boulogne-sur-Mer, formed in 2024. They push gothic metal into extreme territory from the northern French coast.
German gothic metal band from Kaiserslautern, formed in 2018. They channel dark, melancholic gothic metal atmosphere from the Palatinate region.
German black/gothic metal band from Berlin, formed in 2011. They merge black metal's aggression with gothic metal's dark aesthetic from the capital's diverse underground.
San Polo di Torrile (Parma)-based gothic/doom metal act active since 2023, pairing doom metal's crushing weight with dark romantic atmospheres and melancholic keyboard textures. Their compositions weave sorrowful melodies through a foundation of slow, heavy riffing.
Perm-based gothic metal act active since 2020, interweaving dark romantic atmospheres with heavy guitar work and dramatic vocal performances. Their sound draws from the tradition of Type O Negative and Paradise Lost, balancing heaviness with melancholic beauty.
Almada-based gothic metal act active since 2016, interweaving dark romantic atmospheres with heavy guitar work and dramatic vocal performances. Their sound draws from the tradition of Type O Negative and Paradise Lost, balancing heaviness with melancholic beauty.
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