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Glass Mind is an instrumental progressive metal quartet from Mexico City, formed in 2005. Their discography includes the full-lengths Haunting Regrets (2008, reissued 2011) and Dodecaedro (2017).
Glassgod is a progressive symphonic metal project from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2023, blending complex progressive structures with orchestral symphonic elements. The project is a new addition to Leipzig's historically rich music scene.
Chicago's Gloamingwald translates to something like 'twilight forest,' and the band earns both halves of that name — their progressive black metal is shadowed and intricate, built from complex structures that still feel rooted in darkness. Formed in 2017, they're one of the Midwest's more intellectually ambitious black metal acts.
Indianapolis's Global Plague works the space between progressive metalcore's technical reach and groove metal's locking-in low end, building music with enough structural interest to reward repeat listens and enough blunt force to satisfy immediately. Active since 2020.
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania's Gloominous Doom is one of the underground's stranger propositions — progressive death and thrash metal with recorded ska influences woven in, making for something genuinely difficult to categorize and harder to ignore. They've been at it since 2015.
Glowing Ice is a progressive heavy metal band from Palermo, Sicily, active since 2013. They bring progressive metal ambition to the Sicilian capital.
Out of Covina, California, Gn0sis brings a cerebral edge to progressive metal with compositions that prize complexity without losing a sense of forward momentum. Founded in 2019, the band channels technical ambition into expansive, searching songcraft.
Gnadab is a progressive death metal/deathcore band from Alphen aan den Rijn in South Holland, active since 2011. They blend technical death metal with deathcore from the Randstad urban ring.
GodFuck is a black metal, death metal, and progressive metal project from Outokumpu, Finland, formed in 2019, delivering epic-length compositions across their debut Summoning the Firebreath Deamon of Hell. The album spans eight tracks over seventy-one minutes, featuring multi-part structures that blend black and death metal with progressive complexity.
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