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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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Czech symphonic gothic metal band from Havířov, formed in 2019. They blend orchestral arrangements and gothic atmosphere with heavy metal instrumentation for an elaborate, theatrical sound.
Gothic black metal artist from Biella, Italy, formed in 2002 by the former vocalist of Opera IX. Cadaveria has built a distinctive solo career blending theatrical darkness with black metal ferocity over two decades.
Symphonic gothic melodic death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2024. They blend symphonic grandeur with gothic and melodic death metal from the Greek capital.
Genre-spanning extreme metal band from Challes-les-Eaux near Chambery, France, active since 2004. Caer Ibormeith blend black metal, death metal, gothic, progressive, and symphonic elements into an ambitious, cinematic sound.
Folk and gothic metal band from Zurich, Switzerland, formed in 2017. Their sound weaves melodic folk elements and gothic atmospheres into a rich, darkly romantic brand of metal.
Gothic doom act from Warsaw, formed in 2023. Caladria blends dark romanticism with crushing doom from the Polish capital.
Gothic metal band from London, formed in 2014. They weave dark, melancholic atmospheres into heavy metal from the English capital.
Gothic death metal act from Dębica in southeastern Poland, active since 2007. Callahan has spent nearly two decades crafting dark, atmospheric extreme metal from Podkarpacie.
Gothic folk-doom act from Naberezhnye Chelny in Tatarstan, active since 2014. Canonis blends folk melodies with gothic doom from the industrial city on the Kama River.
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