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Draconian
Draconian
Swedish band
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Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Finnish metal band
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Lacrimas Profundere
Lacrimas Profundere
band
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Frost Like Ashes
Frost Like Ashes
American band
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Samhain
Samhain
American rock band
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Devourment
Devourment
death metal band from Dallas, Texas, United States
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Suidakra
Suidakra
band
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Prong
Prong
American heavy metal band
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While Heaven Wept
While Heaven Wept
band
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Six Magics
Six Magics
Chilean metal group
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Tesla
Tesla
American rock band
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Akercocke
Akercocke
Formed in 1997 - London, England Akercocke are a British Death Metal band with overt Black Metal, Progressive Rock and Electronic influences
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Sadist
Sadist
Italian death metal band
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Moonspell
Moonspell
Portuguese gothic metal band
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Bloodline Severed
Bloodline Severed
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Crematory
Crematory
German metal band
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Katatonia
Katatonia
swedish metal band
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Nailbomb
Nailbomb
metal band
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Cinderella
Cinderella
American rock band
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Altaria
Altaria
Finnish band
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Rage
Rage
German heavy metal band
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Rotten Sound
Rotten Sound
Finnish band
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Dødheimsgard
Dødheimsgard
Norwegian extreme metal band
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Acheron
Acheron
band that plays black/death metal
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Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale
American musical band
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Rock Goddess
Rock Goddess
all-female English metal band
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Dan Swanö
Dan Swanö
Swedish musician
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Majesty
Majesty
Heavy metal band from Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Vesania
Vesania
Polish band
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Into Eternity
Into Eternity
Canadian band
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Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity
Swedish band
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Amorphis
Amorphis
Finnish heavy metal band
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Thanatos
Thanatos
Dutch death metal band
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Hecate Enthroned
Hecate Enthroned
Welsh black metal band
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Tarot
Tarot
Finnish band
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Diaboli
Diaboli
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Pestilence
Pestilence
Dutch death metal band
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Metalium
Metalium
power metal band from Hamburg, Germany
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Stone Sour
Stone Sour
American heavy metal band
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Labyrinth
Labyrinth
Italian power metal band
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Sons of Apollo
Sons of Apollo
American band
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Entwine
Entwine
goth metal band from Finland
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Vintersorg
Vintersorg
band
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Conception
Conception
Norwegian band
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Society 1
Society 1
American industrial metal band
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Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Holopainen
Finnish musician
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Infernäl Mäjesty
Infernäl Mäjesty
Canadian band
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Turisas
Turisas
Finnish metal band
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Frosthardr
Frosthardr
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Sabaton
Sabaton
Swedish heavy metal band
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Silent Descent
Silent Descent
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Kai Hansen
Kai Hansen
German musician
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Luca Turilli
Luca Turilli
band
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Zonaria
Zonaria
Swedish metal band
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Fates Warning
Fates Warning
American progressive metal band
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Cruachan
Cruachan
Irish band
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Emperor
Emperor
Norwegian black metal band
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Psycroptic
Psycroptic
Australian band
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Destruction
Destruction
German thrash metal band
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Novembers Doom
Novembers Doom
American death-doom metal band
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The Crown
The Crown
death / thrash metal band from Sweden
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Kittie
Kittie
Canadian heavy metal band
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Slayer
Slayer
American thrash metal band
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Grave Digger
Grave Digger
German heavy metal band
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Insomnium
Insomnium
Finnish melodic death metal band
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Slechtvalk
Slechtvalk
Dutch folk/black metal band
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Marco Hietala
Marco Hietala
Finnish musician
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3 Inches of Blood
3 Inches of Blood
Canadian heavy metal band
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Battlelore
Battlelore
Finnish heavy metal band
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Vicious Rumors
Vicious Rumors
American power metal
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Fear Factory
Fear Factory
American metal band
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Roy Z
Roy Z
American guitarist
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The Sins of Thy Beloved
The Sins of Thy Beloved
Norwegian death-doom/gothic metal band
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Cynic
Cynic
American band
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Seven Thorns
Seven Thorns
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Extreme
Extreme
American rock band
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Astarte
Astarte
black metal band
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Stryper
Stryper
American band
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Dope
Dope
American heavy metal band
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Sonic Syndicate
Sonic Syndicate
metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden
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Dååth
Dååth
band
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Shadows Fall
Shadows Fall
American metal band
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To/Die/For
To/Die/For
Finnish band
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Origin
Origin
death metal band from the United States, founded in Topeco, Texas in 1997
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Equilibrium
Equilibrium
German folk metal band
Intro
American symphonic black metal band
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Vesperian Sorrow is an American symphonic black metal band from Austin, Texas, United States, founded in 1994. They were known as Unholy Descent until they changed their name to Vesperian Sorrow in early 1999. Their lyrics tend to be less extreme than most black metal bands that cover themes of Satanism and Anti-Christianity. They cover instead the cosmos, sorrow, sadness and darkness. Their name, Vesperian Sorrow, directly references this and translates to "sadness or sorrow in the evening hours."

After releasing their first demo, Unholy Descent in 1998, Vesperian Sorrow signed a deal with Displeased Records for the release of their debut album Beyond the Cursed Eclipse in 1999 and continued with their second album Psychotic Sculpture in 2001. Before their third release, the band toured North America expansively, and then went on short tours in England, Germany and the Czech Republic to promote the album. Their third album, Regenesis Creation, was released in 2006 by their own label, Underscape Records. Throughout 2007 and 2008, Vesperian Sorrow toured extensively across the U.S. and Canada, and played a couple of select festivals in Mexico. Most recently, in June 2009, they were handpicked for direct support for the band Mayhem, a pioneer in black metal, in Monterrey, Mexico. The band released Stormwinds of Ages on The Path Less Traveled Records on April 24, 2012. They currently are working on their next album.