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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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Reno, Nevada progressive metal act building intricate, melodic material in one of the western United States' more underrepresented heavy music markets. Their compositions favor careful arrangement over raw aggression.
Progressive groove-thrash act from Moscow, active since 2014. Crash Atlantic blends technical complexity with aggressive metal from the Russian capital.
Houston metalcore and progressive death metal act with real compositional range, balancing crushing heaviness against melodic and technical passages. They carry the ambition Houston's heavy music scene has cultivated for decades.
Progressive metal band from Dijon, France, formed in 2020. They craft intricate compositions from the Burgundy capital.
Canandaigua, New York progressive metal act pushing complexity and texture through layered compositions. Craymeco operates in the introspective space where progressive music becomes genuinely exploratory.
Pittsburgh power and progressive metal band building epic, melodically rich compositions with technical sophistication. Creature of Habit reflects the Steel City's tradition of craftsmanship and heaviness working in tandem.
Avant-garde progressive black metal band from Brittany, France, formed in 2018. They push black metal boundaries through experimental and progressive approaches.
Progressive power metal act from Rome formed in 2020, whose debut EP 'Edge of Deletion' showcases ambitious compositions that blend technical musicianship with soaring melodies. Their intricate arrangements push beyond conventional power metal boundaries into progressive territory.
Progressive death metal act from Oegstgeest, South Holland, with renewed activity since 2015 but a legacy stretching to the early 1990s. Creepmime is a cult name in Dutch progressive death metal.
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