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Progressive metal and rock band from Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, formed in 2001 with Christian lyrical themes. The quartet — featuring Ricardo d'Toledo on keyboards and vocals, Isaque Soares on guitar and bass, Euler Fabrine on guitar, and Delias Junior on drums — released two full-lengths: "Without Electrons" (2002) and "Wrong Way" (2003, reissued 2014), both self-produced works showcasing intricate instrumentation.
Tampa progressive metal project whose 2022 debut Multiplicity explores the philosophical concept of infinite possibility through technically ambitious compositions. Named after the Greek concept of the boundless, channeling Florida's prog-metal tradition into something expansive.
Apes with Hobbies explores progressive metal from London since 2011, their wonderfully absurd name bringing irreverent humor to the genre's often-serious pretensions. Over a decade of compositionally adventurous metal speaks to sustained creativity.
Madison Heights, Virginia progressive metal project with an extraordinary fourteen releases since 2012. The medical term for language impairment belies their prolific verbal output, building one of the deepest catalogs in American underground prog from a small Blue Ridge city.
Apocalypse Mallard merges death and progressive metal from the cathedral city of Canterbury since 2014, their absurdly juxtaposed name combining apocalyptic imagery with waterfowl. Over a decade of technically ambitious metal from Kent speaks to sustained creativity.
Aporia has explored progressive metal from Formia in the Latina province of Lazio since 2006, named after the philosophical concept of an irresolvable contradiction. Their two-decade presence on the Tyrrhenian coast has produced compositions that embrace complexity and paradox.
Apos combines death metal's intensity with progressive metal's structural ambition from Helsinki since 2020. Their abbreviated name belies the complexity of a sound that bridges extremity with technical sophistication.
Apotheus explores progressive metal from Paços de Ferreira near Porto since 2019. From the 'capital of furniture' in northern Portugal, they construct elaborately detailed progressive compositions.
Approx blends heavy metal with progressive metal from Trondheim since 2017. Their mathematical-imprecision name suggests compositions that approach perfection without claiming to achieve it.
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