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.

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.