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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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Progressive doom metal and post-rock act from Basel, Switzerland, blending the deliberate heaviness of doom with the textural dynamics of post-rock since 2019. Their approach creates expansive, atmospheric compositions that traverse the boundary between crushing weight and ethereal beauty.
Progressive metal act from Tallinn, Estonia, crafting intricate, technically demanding compositions since 2016. Their approach brings progressive metal's cerebral ambition to the Baltic music scene.
Fort Wayne's Echosoul blend progressive and power metal into something ambitious and melodic, active since 2014 with a sound that favors technical development over brute force.
Laying down tracks since 2012, this Urbino Progressive Metal outfit delivers polyrhythmic complexity balanced with emotive melodic passages. Their place within Italy's underrated but thriving metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
British progressive metal act, active since 2022 delivering genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Rooted in the island that gave the world Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Progressive power metal band from Moscow, Russia active since 2009, blending progressive complexity with power metal's melodic intensity. Their sound draws on Moscow's deep well of technically proficient metal musicians.
Power/progressive metal act from Galicia in northwestern Spain, merging anthemic power metal with progressive complexity since 2010. Their Galician roots bring a Celtic-influenced edge to their technically ambitious metal.
Boston's EcSovereign launched in 2023 as a progressive metal project with strong compositional instincts — a new voice in a city with a rich tradition of technically minded heavy music.
Progressive death metal act from Brno, Czech Republic, combining death metal's aggression with progressive structures and melodic complexity since 2009. Named after a race from Tolkien's Silmarillion, their sound carries a mythical weight within its technical framework.
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