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Featured Album
Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Belgrade symphonic black metal act formed in 2015, weaving orchestral grandeur through extreme metal ferocity from Serbia's capital. Their cinematic approach channels the drama and darkness of symphonic black metal's most ambitious expressions.
Symphonic death metal band from La Spezia on the Ligurian coast, active since 2011. Carved layers orchestral elements over crushing death metal foundations.
Symphonic black metal act from Rijeka, Croatia, one of the country's longer-running extreme metal projects with roots stretching back to 2001. Castrum balances orchestral darkness with fierce black metal intensity.
Symphonic metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2022. They create grand, orchestral metal from Scotland's largest city.
Epic symphonic metal band from Leuven, Belgium, founded in spring 2013 when violinist Katrien began composing metal symphonies. Their debut 'Opus I: Dawn' fuses classical music and folk melodies with metal of all stripes, featuring violin as a central instrument.
Symphonic power metal band from Valencia, Spain, formed in 2020. They create grand, orchestral metal with soaring vocals and dramatic arrangements.
Gothic and symphonic metal band from Seligenstadt, Germany. They blend orchestral grandeur and gothic atmospheres into a darkly melodic metal sound.
Symphonic metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 2019. They create grand, orchestral metal from the birthplace of heavy metal.
Folk and symphonic metal band from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2015. They blend traditional folk instrumentation with symphonic orchestration and heavy metal energy.
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