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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Deafening Opera is a progressive metal/rock band from Munich, Germany, active since 2013. They craft ambitious progressive compositions that span metal and rock with cinematic scope.
The foundational name in death metal, Chuck Schuldiner's Death defined and then transcended the genre they helped create — from primitive brutality on early records to startlingly sophisticated progressive death metal by their final albums. No band has cast a longer shadow over extreme metal's evolution.
Death Art is a death and progressive metal band from Alfonsine, in the Ravenna province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, formed in 2012. The project blends the brutality of death metal with progressive metal's structural ambition.
Death Design is a progressive death metal band from Pori, Finland, formed in 2016. They architect death metal with progressive ambition from the Satakunta coast.
Death Dimensions is a progressive death metal band from Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain, active since 2014. They explore multiple dimensions of death metal through progressive songwriting.
Death Follows is a progressive metal project from Corfu, Greece, formed in 2019 by multi-instrumentalist Ser Don, who handles vocals, guitars, bass, composition, lyrics, and cover art. The 2021 album Glare & Evelyn combines gothic, blackened, and progressive death metal across fifteen tracks inspired by a fictional narrative the artist is developing.
Death Head is a progressive thrash metal band from Portsmouth, England, formed in 2018. They push thrash into progressive territory from the Hampshire coast.
Pleasanton's Death Machine fuse industrial grit with progressive ambition, constructing mechanized soundscapes that grind and evolve in equal measure. Since 2016, they've been building a cold, calculated sonic architecture.
Asheville's Death Nebula expand progressive doom into vast, unhurried spaces where heaviness and melodic ambition coexist in orbit. Formed in 2020, they carry the weight of the Blue Ridge Mountains in every slow-burning riff.
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