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underground bands and their geographical origins

1956 low, scary + rockin' music – Milwaukee

Accelerator pure death/thrash metal – Switzerland

Age of Ruin hardcore – Washington D.C.

Alastor Sanguinary Embryo black metal – Costa Rica

Amoeba sonic surrealism/dark ambient

Amorphis doom metal – Norway

Anarazel unholy metal – Melbourne, Australia

Anphisbenah metal – Brazil

Antagony sporadicore

Apeiron black metal – Norway

Arcanum goth – Atlanta

Ark progressive metal – Italy

Art Zoyd gothic chamber jazz-rock – France

Artcrime heavy metal – Germany

Assisting Sorrow progressive black/death metal – Kentucky

Attrition goth industrial – U.K.

Battery Industrial – San Francisco

B.E.N.T. power metal – Milwaukee, WI

Bionaut darkwave pop

Black Tape for a Blue Girl gothic – U.S.A.

Blind Curve aggressive and melodic metal – Long Island

Bloody Gore blasting grinding death metal – Indonesia

Brutalism interactive metal

Carpal death metal – Indiana

Cessation of Life speed/thrash – Los Angeles

Chroma Key progressive rock – U.S.A.

Circle of Dust industrial – Long Island

Cirith Gorgor death metal – Holland

Claire Voyant goth rock

Collide electo-industrial – Los Angeles

Cradle of Filth black metal – London

Crowd Control Activities goth industrial – Colorado

Cryptic Visions metal – Chicago

Cryptopsy death metal

D-River grind core – Japan

Daemonic Alchemy black metal – France

Danger death metal – Belarus

Dark Aether Project progressive rock – Maryland

Dark Funeral black metal – Sweden

Darkwell gothic metal – Norway

Darling Demoniac horror metal – New York

Dawn of Dreams orchestral gothic doom metal – Austria

Death's Bride melodic death metal

Deathonator death/thrash

Deceiver thrash metal – U.S.A.

Defect4 abstract violent metal

Deranged metal – Sweden

Dev79 progressive electronic – New Jersey

Diphtheria metal – Greece

Disharmony metal – Greece

Diversia melodious gothic metal – Estonia

Doll Factory is Industrial – Seattle

Doxomedon grinding black/death metal – Singapore

Dream Theater progressive metal – New York

Ens Cogitans metal – Russia

Eternal Tears of Sorrow dark metal

Etheria progressive metal – New Jersey

Ethodius ethereal – Detroit

Exit progressive metal – U.S.A.

Exuviate death metal – Long Island, New York

Faith and the Muse goth rock – U.S.A.

Faith No More hard music – U.S.A.

Fallacy progressive fusion metal – Portugal

Fates Warning progressive metal – U.S.A

Fear Factory industrial metal – Los Angeles

Forcefed thrash metal crossover – Canada

Front Line Assembly industrial – Canada

Gargantua Soul groove thrash – Connecticut

Gathering the gothic progressive rock

Gaurithoth satanicperverseblacklatexmetal – Finland

Glass Eden organic industrial – California

Glass Hammer progressive rock – U.S.A.

Godgory melodic death metal – Sweden

Grave Flowers melodic doom/gothic metal – Sweden

Graven Image melodious gothic metal – Cleveland

Gravity Kills industrial pop metal – U.S.A.

Grinning Ghoul brutal death & grind

Gwar theatrical goth – U.S.A.

Hate Dept. industrial rock – San Francisco

Hatework melodic death metal – Phoenix, Arizona

Haujobb industrial

Haunted Hayride progressive metal – Baltimore

Heavy Reign progessive metal – New York

Helreidh progressive metal – Italy

Horfixion death metal – Québec, Canada

Human Drama gothic rock – U.S.A.

Iced Earth power metal – U.S.A.

Ignorabimus sympho metal band – Estonia

Illuvatar progressive rock – Baltimore

Index industrial electronic – New Mexico

Inhuman Hatred death – Belgium

Inhumate grind/death metal band – France

In Memorium dark,pagan metal

Iron Maiden heavy metal – UK

Jane Doe_69 thrash metal – Finland

Jeel metal – Denmark

Jellynutz syndicate goth metal – Finland

Kamelot melodic metal

Kemet gothic black metal – France

Kevorkian metal – Boston, Massachusetts

Kill by Inches thrash metal – New York

KMFDM industrial – Germany

Lacrimosa gothic rock – Germany

Last Funeral melodic death metal – Belgium

Lemur Voice progressive metal – the Netherlands

Life of Agony hard metal – New York

London after Midnight goth – Hollywood

Lycia ambient darkwave

Malmsteen, Yngwie progressive guitar metal – Sweden

Mandylion doom metal – Sweden

Mental Horror extreme death metal – Brazil

Mentallo & the Fixer electro-industrial – Texas

Monument progressive doom – Oklahoma City

Moonspell gothic rock

Mors Syphilitica ethereal goth rock – New York

Mr. Bungle psychotic fusion – U.S.A.

Mucupurulent death metal – U.S.A.

M.Y. L.A.S.T. N.A.M.E. metal – France

Mysteriis black metal – Brazil

Nefilim gothic hard rock

Neuraxis death metal

Neurosis inc. death metal – Colombia

Nightwish gothic progressive – Finland

Nile death metal – South Carolina

Noise Unit industrial dance metal – U.S.A.

Noxious Emotion electro – Seattle

One progressive metal – New York

One Last Sin hardcore metal – New York

Orphaned Land progressive metal – U.S.A.

Ozric Tentacles space progressive – London

Paradise Lost gothic rock – England

Patriarch heavy metal – Belgium

Porcupine Tree progressive rock – England

Power Symphony progressive power metal – Italy

Present progressive rock – Belgium

Quarkspace space rock – Ohio

Queensryche progressive metal – Seattle

Quilmess prog thrash metal – Sweden

Radio Silence dark progressive – Mexico

Rammstein industrial metal – Germany

Rebaelliun death-metal – Belgium

Red Harvest industrial metal – Norway

Regenerator christian industrial – California

Republic of Desire metal – Finland

Resurrecturis melodic death – Italy

Rhea’s Obsession goth rock – Canada

Rising Faith melodic power metal – Sweden

Rossomahaar black metal – Moscow

Sabotage goth elecktro – Germany

Samael gothic metal – Norway

Seasonal Abyss black metal – Malaysia

Seasons of the Wolf metal – Italy

Shadow Gallery progressive metal – U.S.A.

Sirius dark metal

Sisters of Mercy gothic rock – U.K.

Snog electronic – Australia

Sofia Run gothic – New York

Soil and Eclipse electro darkwave

Soils of Fate ultra guttural blasitng sickness – Sweden

Soriben metal – Spain

Soundscape progressive metal – Connecticut

Sons of Otis heavy crushing psychedelic space blues

Spock’s Beard progressive rock – U.S.A.

Stabbing Westward industrial – U.S.A.

Stargazer death metal

Sunshine Blind gothic industrial – New York

Switchblade Symphony gothic – Los Angeles

Tapping The Vein gothic – Philadelphia

Thal goth – Austria

The Moors goth rock – Germany

Theatre of Tragedy gothic metal – U.K.

Therion goth metal – Russia

This Tangled Web dark metal – Australia

Thron black metal – Moscow

Thrustboys rock – U.S.A.

Tiamat gothic darkwave – Sweden

Type O Negative gothic metal – New York

Twin Obscenity black metal – Norway

Unholy doom metal – Finland

Univers Zero progressive gothic – Belgium

Unleashed Power progressive metal – U.S.A.

Uranium 235 industrial – New York

Within Temptation progressive gothic – Norway

Wumpscut industrial – U.S.A.

Xenomorph progressive cosmic death and damnation

Xorcist dark industrial – San Francisco

Zia industrial – Boston

Zombie, Rob industrial metal – New York



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