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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Oslo-based progressive grindcore innovators formed in 2010, nominated twice for the Norwegian Grammy in the metal category. Their irreverent approach layers mathcore, melodic black metal, and nu-metal flourishes over a grindcore foundation, producing endlessly surprising compositions across six full-length albums.
Progressive thrash metal band from Lancashire, active since 2016. Their releases deliver adrenaline-fuelled, power-packed heavy metal and hard rock with progressive flourishes.
German progressive and technical deathcore band from Freilassing, formed in 2018. They push deathcore into progressive and technical territory with complex song structures and precision musicianship.
Roman progressive death metal outfit formed in 2018, drawing heavy inspiration from Italian horror cinema and progressive rock legends like Goblin and King Crimson. Their 2020 debut Hypnagogic Hallucinations on 20 Buck Spin and 2024's widely acclaimed Dreaming the Strife for Love established them as one of Italy's most exciting death metal voices, recently signing to Season of Mist.
Beecher were a metalcore and noise rock band from Manchester, England, formed in 2001, who developed a reputation for fusing mathematical heaviness with progressive and dissonant structures well outside the mainstream metalcore of their era. Signed to Earache Records, they released two full-length albums—Breaking the Fourth Wall (2003) and This Elegy, His Autopsy (2005)—before disbanding in early 2006. Their catalog remained an influential reference point for the underground British hardcore and metal scene.
Budapest-based technical death metal act active since 2007, weaving labyrinthine guitar work and shifting time signatures into their extreme metal framework. Their compositions demand both virtuosity and visceral impact, balancing cerebral complexity with gut-level heaviness.
Spanish progressive melodic death metal band from Seville, formed in 2022. They weave progressive structures into melodic death metal from Andalusia's cultural heart.
Danish technical progressive metal band from Aalborg, formed in 2016. They explore complex arrangements and technical virtuosity from northern Jutland.
Progressive metal outfit from Drammen, formed in 2023. Their work incorporates odd time signatures, extended instrumental passages, and dynamic contrasts that elevate their sound beyond standard metal fare.
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