Swarzo is a symphonic and power metal band from Wilton, New Hampshire, formed in 2020, building melodic, orchestrally enriched metal in the tradition of European power metal.

Houston, Texas symphonic death metal band formed in 2023, pairing orchestral grandeur with death metal brutality in a style that reflects the ambitious scope of bands like Septicflesh and Fleshgod Apocalypse.

Symphonic metal band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2025, pursuing the orchestral and cinematic end of the metal spectrum with an emphasis on dramatic composition and melodic depth.

Synrah is an industrial symphonic death/black metal band from Norco, California, formed in 2013, blending orchestral grandeur with mechanized heaviness and extreme metal aggression into a densely layered sound.

Massachusetts-based The Heavy Metal Orchestra, formed in 2019, take the idea of symphonic metal seriously enough to make the orchestra part literal — fusing large-scale orchestral arrangements with the power and aggression of heavy metal. Where many symphonic metal acts layer strings and brass as window dressing, this project treats the orchestral element as a full compositional equal. The result is cinematic and grandiose in the best sense.

Symphonic/funeral doom metal from San Antonio.

From Jackson, Kentucky, The Human Tragedy have been crafting symphonic black metal since 2017 in a part of the country not traditionally associated with the genre — which makes their ambition all the more striking. Orchestral flourishes are woven tightly into the black metal framework rather than applied superficially, giving the music a dramatic, storm-swept quality. There's something fitting about symphonic black metal taking root in Appalachian Kentucky, where landscape and isolation lend themselves naturally to grand, mournful expression.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania's The Synics Awakening have evolved significantly since their 2015 formation, shifting from symphonic black metal's orchestral grandeur toward a harder-edged death and thrash metal sound over time. The band's battleground hometown seems fitting for a project built on sonic conflict and transformation.

San Francisco's The Undying fuse symphonic orchestration with technical death metal brutality and deathcore breakdowns, a combination that has driven their sound since forming in 2011. Their music is uncompromising in its ambition, stacking complexity and cinematic scale into the same passages.