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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Doom/gothic metal/rock band from Dordrecht, the Netherlands, active since 2018. Their approach blends doom metal's weight with gothic atmosphere from the oldest city in Holland.
Remembrances is a symphonic/gothic metal band from Murcia in southeastern Spain, active since 2005. Two decades of orchestral, atmospheric gothic metal establish the band as veterans of the Murcian metal scene.
Renascence is a gothic/death metal band from Rheinfelden in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2016. The band merges gothic atmospherics with death metal heaviness from the upper Rhine valley on the Swiss border.
Gothic/doom metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2015. Their Latin name, meaning 'rebirth,' accompanies dark, atmospheric metal from the Ural capital.
Progressive/doom/gothic metal band from Catania, Sicily, active since 2009. Their ambitious three-genre approach delivers richly atmospheric metal from the foot of Mount Etna.
Doom/gothic metal band from Voronezh, Russia, active since 2014. Their approach blends doom metal's weight with gothic atmosphere from central Russia.
Symphonic/gothic metal band from Bologna, Italy, active since 2012. Their approach layers symphonic grandeur over gothic metal's dark romanticism from the Emilia-Romagna capital.
Symphonic/gothic metal band from Milton Keynes, England, active since 2016. Their approach layers orchestral grandeur over gothic metal's dark romanticism.
Rites of Spring is a groove/death metal/hardcore band with gothic influences from Montreuil near Paris, France, active since 1985. Over four decades of activity make them one of the longest-running metal-adjacent acts in the Parisian underground.
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