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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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Black metal, folk, industrial, and progressive metal project from Aubagne near Marseille, France launched in 2024. They fuse multiple genres into an eclectic extreme metal vision from Provence.
Livonia, Michigan's Ethereality have been twisting the DNA of death metal and deathcore with progressive ambition since 2007, building complex song architecture atop crushing heaviness. Over nearly two decades they have refined an approach that rewards both the headbanger and the attentive listener.
Jersey City's Ethereality bring a melodic and ambitious sensibility to progressive power metal, harnessing soaring vocals and intricate arrangements since 2007. Their sound sits at the intersection of European power metal grandeur and American progressive sophistication.
Edison, New Jersey's Etheria have been constructing dense, labyrinthine progressive metal since 2009, favoring long compositional arcs and complex time signatures over straightforward aggression. Their work rewards patient listeners willing to follow every twist.
New Jersey's Etherius craft progressive metal of considerable technical ambition, building towering compositions from interlocking guitar work and dynamic shifts since 2017. Their approach favors complexity without sacrificing momentum.
Pisa-based power metal and progressive metal act, active since 2008 delivering technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Progressive metal band from Toulouse, France formed in 2002, featuring vocalist Laurent Mora and a five-piece lineup. Their 2014 album Your Wandering Ghost was recorded at Studio Antistatic in Toulouse.
Death metal, power metal, and progressive metal band from Tournan-en-Brie near Paris, France active since 2013. They blend progressive ambition with extreme metal intensity from the Ile-de-France region.
Progressive metal act from Murnau in Upper Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2024, building intricate compositions from the foothills of the Alps. Their approach brings technical ambition and structural complexity to the Bavarian metal scene.
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