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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Progressive death-thrash act from Yaroslavl on the Volga, formed in 2020. Crrombid Traxorm delivers technically-ambitious extreme metal from the Golden Ring city.
Progressive metal act from Warsaw, formed in 2020. Crucial Comma explores intricate compositional structures from the Polish capital.
Technical Progressive Heavy Metal out of Texas.
Denver's Cryogen deal in melodic death metal with sharp Scandinavian-inflected riffing and aggressive rhythmic drive. Their sound balances hook-laden melodies against pulverizing death metal heaviness.
Progressive death metal band from Paris, France, active since 2010. They merge progressive complexity with death metal intensity from the French capital.
Vermont progressive metal act Crypitus construct intricate, technically demanding compositions that reward patient listeners. Their sound draws on the textural complexity of prog while keeping the heaviness anchored in metal.
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Progressive death-doom band from Gomel, Belarus, formed in 2008. Their 2024 debut album Stargazer, praised by Metal Hammer UK and No Clean Singing as vast and astonishingly heavy, was completed posthumously from drafts left by founding songwriter Pavel.
Phoenix's Cryptadia fuse djent's polyrhythmic precision with progressive metal's expansive song structures, producing technically demanding music built on groove and complexity. Their material is dense, layered, and aimed at fans of modern heavy progressive sounds.
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