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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Halo (2017)
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Plainfield, Connecticut progressive metal act building expansive, technically demanding songs from shifting dynamics, complex arrangements, and a willingness to push structure to its limits.
Progressive heavy metal band from Bolzano in South Tyrol, formed in 2019. Crimson Sunset blends progressive complexity with classic metal from the bilingual Alpine border region.
Crushing Progressive Doom Metal from Houston.
Edmonds, Washington heavy and progressive metal band blending the melodic ambition of progressive music with the muscular authority of traditional heavy metal in the Pacific Northwest.
Progressive metal solo project from Ancona in the Marche region, active since 2022. Cristiano Coppa explores technical and progressive metal composition.
Cristobal Gallardo is a Chilean guitarist who launched his solo instrumental metal project in 2023 with the single "Maldita Tentación," followed by his debut album "A Puro Corazón" in 2024. His playing blends metal technique with Latin melodic influences, citing Marty Friedman, Gary Moore, and Carlos Santana as primary inspirations.
Progressive metal act from Palermo, Sicily, active since 2006. Critical Stage has spent nearly two decades crafting intricate progressive metal from Italy's largest island.
Progressive metal act from Bergen, active since 2013. Cronian — connected to members of Borknagar and beyond — crafts expansive, atmospheric progressive metal from western Norway.
Albuquerque progressive/power/heavy metal band Cross blend epic song structures with melodic power metal hooks and progressive ambition, representing New Mexico's small but dedicated heavy metal community.
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