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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Progressive metal band from Leeds, formed in 2020, blending ambient textures with the aggression and complexity of technical metal. Their debut tracks feature low tunings, irregular time signatures, and dynamic vocals that shift between melodic and metalcore intensity.
London progressive/groove metal band formed in 2005, releasing through Earache Records. Their three albums from The Empires of the Worlds through Orchestral Empires deliver technically ambitious metal blending groove-laden heaviness with progressive complexity and dark philosophical themes.
Spanish heavy/industrial/progressive metal band from Madrid, active since 1993. With over three decades of boundary-pushing output, they are one of Spain's most seasoned progressive-industrial metal acts.
Atmospheric and progressive sludge/post-metal project from Oostende, Belgium, active since 2013. Their demo "Hal," recorded at QWI Studios in Ichtegem, layers psychedelic textures over crushing sludge and post-metal dynamics.
Nitra-based melodic death metal act active since 2024, threading harmonized guitar leads and memorable hooks through aggressive, double-bass-driven arrangements. Their approach balances accessibility with genuine heaviness, drawing from the Gothenburg tradition.
Progressive death metal outfit from Cabeceiras de Basto, formed in 2019. Their material navigates shifting tempos, unconventional song structures, and intricate instrumental interplay while maintaining the genre's essential aggression.
Finnish progressive death metal band from Jämsänkoski, active since 2007. Named after the legendary werewolf, they deliver nearly two decades of lupine progressive death metal.
Moscow-based doom metal act active since 2015, crafting monolithic compositions built on slow-burning riffs and an atmosphere of pervasive heaviness. Their patient approach to songwriting lets each chord ring with crushing finality.
Progressive metal solo project from Kloten, Switzerland, active since 2023. A multi-instrumentalist venture exploring progressive metal's technical and compositional depths.
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