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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Olympia, Washington's Chelicerae weaves progressive ambition into black metal's shadowy framework, crafting intricate compositions that push the genre's boundaries. The band draws from both atmospheric black metal tradition and forward-thinking structure.
Dallas's Chemical Fingerprint merges the technical precision of progressive metal with the aggression of death and thrash, crafting compositions with both intellectual depth and raw power. The Texas scene's characteristic intensity runs throughout their work.
Progressive heavy metal act from Como, Lombardy, formed in 2024. Cherry Wine brings a melodic, exploratory approach to Italian heavy metal.
Progressive thrash metal band from Dittelsheim-Hessloch in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, active since 2013. They merge complex progressive arrangements with the driving force of thrash.
Progressive metalcore band from France, emerging in 2025. They blend progressive complexity with metalcore dynamics.
Bowling Green, Kentucky's Chest Rockwell navigates the complex compositional territory of progressive metal with both technical precision and a flair for memorable songwriting. The band is a standout in the Kentucky underground.
Seattle's Chiaroscuro applies progressive metal's ambitious architecture to the Pacific Northwest's introspective musical tradition. The band builds layered, dynamic compositions with attention to atmosphere and technical detail.
New Hampshire's Chiburi brings a progressive metal sensibility to New England, crafting intricate, evolving compositions with a patient approach to dynamics and structure. The band's rural surroundings inform a reflective, expansive sound.
Progressive black-doom act from Bergen, active since 2015. Children of Cain blends atmospheric black metal with doom and progressive elements from Norway's western capital.
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