Symphonic metal project from Dusseldorf, formed in 2024 and combining orchestral grandeur with heavy metal power. Their compositions pair sweeping arrangements with powerful vocal performances in the symphonic metal tradition.

Finnish symphonic metal project formed in 2022, delivering orchestral grandeur over heavy metal foundations. Their compass-like name suggests a musical journey guided by Nordic winds.

The Swedish city of Stockholm serves as headquarters for this black metal and symphonic metal operation, whose arsenal includes bombastic, film-score-scale compositions with genuine metallic weight. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.

Symphonic metal band from Tampere, active since 2008 and delivering nearly two decades of orchestral-infused metal from Finland's second-largest city. Their polished, accessible sound channels the best of Finnish symphonic metal.

Porto's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this death metal, progressive metal, and symphonic metal unit is among them — wielding labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.

Symphonic melodic death/power metal band from Salt near Girona in Catalonia, formed in 2024 and combining orchestral grandeur with melodic death metal aggression and power metal soaring. Their epic, multi-genre approach draws on the full spectrum of European melodic metal.

Kells is a Lyon-based French symphonic metal band formed in 2001, distinguished by vocalist Virginie Goncalves's range from melodic singing to harsh growls and by writing all lyrics in French. Their debut Gaïa arrived in 2005 on an independent label, blending orchestral arrangements with nu metal and electronica, before the band signed to Season of Mist for Lueurs (2009) and Anachromie (2012). The latter was mastered by Ted Jensen and came packaged with a behind-the-scenes DVD.

Belgian symphonic death metal quartet from Flanders describing their sound as "extreme orchestral metal" that aims to be accessible and catchy, citing Fleshgod Apocalypse, Epica, and Trivium as influences. Their 2021 Servants EP blends cinematic orchestration with metalcore-edged aggression across six tracks.

Symphonic power metal band from Nice on the French Riviera, active since 2020 and combining orchestral grandeur with power metal's soaring melodies. Their Mediterranean origins bring warmth and color to the typically northern European genre.