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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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A California-based outfit formed in 2023, Eldon Cult merges progressive structures with the melodic and brutal ends of death metal, crafting technically ambitious music that refuses to sit still within any single subgenre.
Operating out of Reykjavík, this Icelandic act forges Progressive Metal built on genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
Stamford, Connecticut's Electric Beast weaves together progressive doom and stoner heaviness into long, sprawling tracks that build slowly before collapsing under their own weight — a band for the patient and the stonerd alike.
Heavy metal and progressive metal band from Split, Croatia formed in 2023. They deliver ambitious metal from the Dalmatian coast.
Laying down tracks since 2003, this Leeds Progressive Metal and Stoner Metal outfit delivers polyrhythmic complexity balanced with emotive melodic passages. Their place within the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Progressive death metal band from the Chevreuse Valley in Ile-de-France, delivering expansive compositions exploring mythology and inner turmoil. Their 2024 album Lueurs features four tracks of sophisticated progressive death metal recorded at Acouzik Paris.
Part of Holland's dense concentration of metal talent, this act channels heavy metal, power metal, and progressive metal with a focus on labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Formed in 2020, based in Eindhoven, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.
Underground to the core, this gothic metal and progressive metal act from Matera traffics in technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Since 2024, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.
Death, melodic death, and progressive metal band from Helsinki, Finland active since 2003. With over two decades of history, they are veterans of the Finnish progressive death metal scene.
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