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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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Filthy Black Metal out of Texas.
Santa Cruz's Entheos emerged in 2015 as one of progressive deathcore's more technically accomplished acts, blending jazz-influenced rhythmic complexity with modern extremity and the kind of compositional sophistication that earns them fans in multiple metal camps.
Emerging from Southampton, this British act forges Progressive Metal and Thrash Metal built on genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Omaha's Entranced has been weaving progressive gothic and doom metal together since 2021, building a sound that's as emotionally nuanced as it is heavy — mournful melodies, shifting dynamics, and a songwriting sensibility that favors atmosphere over brute force.
Progressive black/post-metal project from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2024, pushing the boundaries of extreme metal through ambitious, atmospheric compositions. Their approach merges the intensity of black metal with the textural depth of post-metal and progressive structures.
When Entro-P emerged in 2020 from Guildford, they brought with them a sound rooted in progressive metal — all genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece active since 2014. They deliver complex progressive metal from northern Greece.
When Entropic Awakening emerged in 2021 from Kristiansand, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal, death metal, and progressive metal — all genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Punishing Progressive Death Metal from Austin.
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