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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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New York's Cop Skeletons fuse progressive metal's structural ambition with thrash metal's aggressive backbone, building tense, dynamic compositions that reward attention. Their provocative name signals a sense of humor that coexists with genuinely serious musicianship.
Progressive black-death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2018. They blend progressive complexity with extreme metal darkness from the French capital.
Progressive metal act from Velenje, active since 2003. Cordura has spent over two decades crafting intricate progressive metal from the Slovenian mining town.
Georgia-based progressive metal artist from Calhoun whose compositions emphasize technical precision and melodic depth. His work weaves intricate arrangements into a cohesive, evolving sound.
Progressive metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2022. They craft intricate compositions from northern Finland.
Petaluma's Cormorant blend black and death metal with folk textures and progressive ambition across sweeping, literary-minded albums. They are one of the most ambitious DIY metal acts in the American underground.
Progressive sludge metal band from Salgótarján in northern Hungary, active since 2009. Corrodal merges weighty sludge textures with progressive ambition over their long career.
Lucerne Valley, CA death metal outfit that layers progressive song structures over technically demanding riffwork. Their sound blurs the line between brutality and cerebral complexity.
Progressive power metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2023. They blend soaring melodies with progressive complexity from the Greek capital.
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