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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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Progressive metal act from Fredrikstad, southeastern Norway, formed in 2020. Course of Fate crafts intricate, expansive progressive metal from the Østfold region.
Progressive metal band from Annecy in the French Alps, formed in 2019. They craft intricate compositions from the shores of Lake Annecy.
Chicago progressive metal project weaving dense, technical arrangements with dynamic shifts and melodic ambition. Their sound draws on prog rock's structural imagination while staying rooted in heavy guitar work.
Progressive metal project from the city of Roman in northeastern Romania, launched in 2024 and bringing ambitious compositions from Moldavia's historical heartland. Their intricate approach pushes beyond conventional metal structures.
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin outfit pushing thrash through progressive and avant-garde filters, arriving somewhere legitimately strange. Their compositions sprawl in unexpected directions while retaining real aggression.
Portland, Oregon band crafting progressive deathcore with genuine technical ambition and compositional depth. Their sound balances crushing heaviness with melodic and structural complexity.
Pittsburgh progressive death metal act fusing technical guitar work with genuine compositional ambition. Their material shifts between ferocity and melody, drawing on a tradition of thinking person's extreme metal.
Progressive death metal act from Šaľa in western Slovakia, formed in 2021. Cranial Void blends technical complexity with death metal from the Váh River town.
Green Bay, Wisconsin outfit blending progressive and technical ambition with death and thrash aggression. Their sound carries a Midwest workmanlike quality — precise, heavy, and built to last.
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