Gothic metal and symphonic metal band from Tours, France formed in 2019. They blend dark romance with orchestral grandeur from the Loire Valley.

Symphonic metal band from Montpellier, France active since 2003. Their extensive five-album discography includes Face Your Demons and Darker Chapter, building over two decades of orchestral metal from southern France.

Milan, Italy — black metal and symphonic metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2019, they deal in cinematic sweep and operatic vocals over thundering metal arrangements. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.

Progressive and symphonic metal band from Olten, Switzerland, crafting ambitious, orchestrally infused compositions since 2023. Named after the Spanish explorer, their music charts expansive sonic territories with technical precision and cinematic scope.

Kharkiv-based black metal and symphonic metal act, active since 2013 delivering lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most resilient metal scenes, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.

Östersund-based folk metal and symphonic metal act, active since 2021 delivering lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.

A product of Italy's deep-rooted extreme metal underground, this Reggio Emilia-based power metal and symphonic metal act channels cinematic sweep and operatic vocals over thundering metal arrangements. Active since 2018, the combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.

Firmly rooted in symphonic metal, this Italian actfrom Taranto delivers lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power without compromise. They've been at it since 2025, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.

Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels symphonic metal with a focus on orchestral grandeur married to heavy guitar-driven foundations. Formed in 2015, based in Landskrona, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.