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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 Dereham in Norfolk, England, active since 2011. They craft intricate compositions from the English countryside.
Karlskrona progressive heavy metal and rock act launched in 2025, blending classic metal weight with progressive ambition from Sweden's southern naval city. Their compositions push beyond conventional structures.
Progressive metal act from Iasi active since 2001, representing one of Moldova region's longest-running progressive metal presences in Romania. Their quarter-century of output speaks to an enduring commitment to ambitious, boundary-pushing composition.
Progressive metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2019. They craft intricate compositions from the Greek capital.
Toledo's Constricted pursue progressive metal with a methodical intensity, building layered and technical compositions that demonstrate the kind of disciplined musicianship cultivated in Ohio's close-knit underground.
Progressive metal act from Daytona Beach, Florida exploring expansive song structures, dynamic shifts, and layered instrumental interplay. Their music blends technical ambition with melodic sensibility.
Framingham, Massachusetts death/progressive metal band weaving technical sophistication into brutal death metal foundations. Shifting time signatures and melodic complexity set them apart from more straightforward regional acts.
Progressive groove metal act from Budapest, formed in 2015. Continoom blends heavy grooves with progressive structures and dynamic range across their multifaceted sound.
Gary, Indiana progressive metal band crafting expansive, layered compositions that draw on both the technical and atmospheric sides of the genre. Their Midwest roots give their sound a grounded, no-frills sincerity beneath the complex arrangements.
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