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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels progressive metal and thrash metal with a focus on labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Formed in 2024, based in Moscow, the results are heavier and more inventive than the genre tag might suggest.
Grand Rapids power/progressive metal outfit blending soaring melodic vocals with technically ambitious arrangements since 2010. Their music balances the anthem-driven energy of classic power metal with the structural complexity of progressive songwriting.
Alingsås-based progressive metal act, active since 2020 delivering technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Gothic and progressive metal band from Lahti, Finland formed in 2023. They blend dark atmospherics with progressive complexity from southern Finland.
Wielding death metal, progressive metal, and thrash metal as their weapon, this Dutch outfit from Terneuzen has been refining their craft since 2017. Their sound hinges on odd-time signatures woven into surprisingly accessible songwriting, delivered with total devotion.
Progressive death metal act from the Baltic port city of Rostock, Germany, with roots stretching back to 1995. Their three-decade career makes them one of northeastern Germany's longest-running progressive death metal acts.
Endless Fear is a one-man progressive/thrash metal project from Guaporé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, created and performed entirely by multi-instrumentalist João Roberto Cavanus, who writes, records, and produces all material in his own studio. The project released its debut album "The Curse Inside Me" in September 2015, a nine-track record blending progressive and thrash metal sensibilities.
Death, doom, and progressive metal band from Gyor, Hungary active since 2006. With nearly two decades of history, they are veterans of the Hungarian progressive death metal scene.
A product of Scandinavia's melodic death metal epicenter, this Avesta-based gothic metal and progressive metal act channels Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Active since 2025, the combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
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