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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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Miami duo of Venezuelan origin playing epic, shifting doom and progressive metal that moves between trudging heaviness and soaring melodic passages, with deep operatic vocals and classical guitar grandeur reminiscent of Rainbow and early Rush.
Oakland, Maryland's Cavern blend progressive metal's structural ambition with sludge heaviness and thrash metal's rhythmic aggression, producing a genre-spanning sound that shifts between cerebral complexity and sheer sonic weight.
Houston's Cavyrns blend doom metal's heavy, slow-moving gravity with progressive metal's compositional ambition, building songs that evolve deliberately through dynamics and tonal shifts.
Baton Rouge's Cea Serin were a technically proficient progressive metal act combining intricate, jazz-influenced guitar work with the melodic ambition of bands like Fates Warning and Symphony X.
Progressive metal solo artist from Reims, France, formed in 2023. He crafts intricate progressive metal from the Champagne capital.
Progressive death metal act from Östersund in the Swedish mountain region, active since 2010. Celeborn — named after the Tolkien elf lord — blends progressive complexity with death metal from Jämtland.
Progressive metal act from Brasov with roots stretching back to 1999, making them one of Transylvania's longest-running progressive metal presences. Their quarter-century of activity speaks to the depth of Romania's ambitious metal underground.
Progressive metal band from Saarbrucken, Germany, formed in 2023. They craft intricate, dynamic compositions from the Franco-German border region.
Celestial Sovereignty is a progressive black/death metal band from Modesto, California. They blend the sinister atmosphere of black metal, the brutality of death metal, and the compositional complexity of progressive metal into multi-layered compositions.
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