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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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Los Angeles progressive metal band that explores texture and dynamics within a heavy framework. Their sound is exploratory and expansive, built for listeners who want their metal with room to breathe.
Santa Rosa, CA progressive death metal band that channels technical heaviness through sophisticated song architecture. Their music rewards close listening with layers of complexity beneath the surface brutality.
Progressive thrash metal band from Salzburg, Austria, active since 2014. They expand the thrash template with progressive structures and technical musicianship, adding cerebral depth to high-speed aggression.
Progressive metal band from Hameenlinna, Finland, formed in 2023. They craft intricate, dynamic compositions from the historic Tavastian capital.
New Orleans deathcore act Cosmophobe push the genre toward progressive territory, layering complex song structures over crushing breakdowns. Their music carries the dark, humid weight of the city they come from.
Progressive heavy metal band from Athens, Greece, emerging in 2025. They blend progressive complexity with heavy metal power from the Greek capital.
Progressive death metal act from Teramo in Abruzzo, active since 2014. Cosmychaos blends cosmic themes with technical death metal and progressive structures.
Indianapolis groove/progressive metal band Cotopaxi pair heavy, rhythmically locked riffs with the technical ambition of progressive metal. Their songs build tension through dynamic shifts before landing in deeply satisfying pocket grooves.
Progressive metal band from Londonderry, Northern Ireland, active since 2006. With two decades of activity, Countervela craft intricate progressive metal from Northern Ireland.
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