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Everyone's Talking! (2025)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
Blind (Expanded Edition) (2021)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Blood Dynasty (24-bit HD audio) (2024)
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Greeley, Colorado symphonic melodic death metal band formed in 2019, Starwraith layers orchestral arrangements and cinematic keyboard textures over melodic death metal riffing and aggressive rhythmic attack.
Storm Forger is a symphonic death metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2020, combining orchestral arrangements with the brutality of death metal.
Storm Kingdom is an Orlando, Florida band formed in 2021 that fuses the grandeur of symphonic metal with gothic atmosphere and death metal weight, creating a lush and darkly cinematic sound.
Symphonic gothic metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in 2015, weaving orchestral arrangements and atmospheric dark imagery into a sound that draws equally from gothic metal's melodic melancholy and symphonic metal's grandeur.
Minneapolis heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 2018, blending classic metal muscle with accessible hard rock hooks in the tradition of the genre's golden era.
Succubus is an Atlanta, Georgia band formed in 2017 that moves between ambient black metal and brutal death metal/deathcore, creating a jarring contrast between oppressive atmosphere and outright sonic violence.
Wichita, Kansas band formed in 2019 that evolved from deathcore roots into a symphonic and melodic death metal sound, incorporating orchestral elements and sweeping melodic structures alongside extreme metal aggression.
Superdeep Metaphor is a symphonic metal band from Toledo, Ohio, formed in 2014, pairing orchestral arrangements and melodic vocal performances with heavy metal instrumentation in the grand tradition of the symphonic metal genre.
Suspyre is a progressive and symphonic metal band from Flemington, New Jersey, formed in 2005, known for elaborate compositions that pair soaring orchestral arrangements with the technical demands of progressive metal.
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