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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Progressive thrash metal band from Spiez in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, formed in 2020. Their sound merges complex progressive arrangements with the driving aggression of thrash metal.
Rochester, NY's Contrarian blend technical death metal precision with progressive song structures, earning a reputation as one of the more intellectually demanding acts in the northeastern underground. Their albums balance intricate fretwork with dynamic arrangements that reward repeated listens.
Control Denied was the progressive power metal project of Death mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, conceived as a vehicle for clean-sung, melodically sophisticated metal that diverged sharply from his death metal work. Their sole album, 'The Fragile Art of Existence' (1999), stands as a landmark of intricate, emotionally complex heavy music.
Michigan's Controlled Delusion meld black metal's atmospheric darkness with progressive metal's structural ambition, creating expansive, mood-driven compositions that defy genre comfort zones. Their music rewards patience, unfolding slowly into layered passages of cold intensity.
Progressive metal band from the UK, formed in 2017. They craft intricate, dynamic compositions.
Progressive thrash band from Serravalle Sesia in Vercelli province, active since 2012. Controsigillo — Italian for 'counter-seal' — blends technical complexity with thrash aggression from Piedmont.
Progressive heavy metal act from Yeysk on the Sea of Azov, active since 2015. Contrust crafts melodic, intricate metal from the Krasnodar coast.
Green Bay's Conundrum merge metalcore's emotional intensity with progressive metal's technical reach, crafting songs that shift between crushing breakdowns and elaborately structured passages. Their Wisconsin roots give them a down-to-earth directness even within the more ambitious corners of their sound.
Progressive death and thrash metal band originally formed in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1990, with members now based in Germany and the United States. Their 2024 self-titled debut features compositions from the 1990s exploring themes of religion, predestination, and mortality.
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