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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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Dreamstorm is a power and progressive metal band from Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy, formed in 2017. The project delivers soaring power metal with progressive complexity from the Abruzzo coast.
Dreamtone is a progressive metal band from Ankara, Turkey, formed in 2019. The project explores complex progressive metal from the Turkish capital.
Dreare is an instrumental three-piece from Hostivice, Czech Republic, originally formed in 2008 and operating under the Dreare name since 2011. Their heavy drone and post-progressive sound features riffy, repetitive melodies layered with synths and noise, explored across albums like "Foregone" and "Portaali."
Formed in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2015, Dreichmere weave together the ferocity of black and death metal with the structural ambition of progressive metal — a combination that produces music both technically demanding and atmospherically dense. Their progressive black/death approach resists easy categorization, pushing past genre convention into something distinctly their own.
Dresda Code is a groove and progressive metal band from Naples, Italy, formed in 2015. The project blends heavy groove riffing with progressive structures from the Neapolitan underground.
Drewcifer is a solo epic progressive metal project from London, created by Drew, an ex-frontman of New Project and videogame composer. The 2020 debut album Battle Song delivers six tracks of high-energy instrumental metal inspired by Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, designed to evoke the intensity of dramatic battles against the darkness.
Dreyelands is a progressive metal band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2007. The band craft elaborate progressive metal compositions with nearly two decades of creative development.
Technically stunning power metal from Houston.
Drivhell plays progressive and power metal from Milan, fusing technical musicianship with the melodic hooks and high-energy delivery that power metal demands. Their hybrid approach creates compositions that challenge listeners intellectually while keeping them hooked with anthemic refrains.
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