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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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An established progressive metal voice from England, contributing to United Kingdom's underground since 2024. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.
Finnish metal band with releases including the self-titled album, "Hallitsematonta Voimaa" (Uncontrollable Force), and a collaborative LP with Dephosphorus. Their Finnish-language catalog channels intense, unrestrained energy through heavy music rooted in the Nordic underground tradition.
Taking their name from the cold sea fog that rolls in off the North Sea, Haar is a U.S. black metal project that conjures a similarly bleak and suffocating atmosphere. Active since 2010, they trade in the kind of desolate, windswept darkness that recalls the genre's Scandinavian origins.
Emerging from Poitiers's underground, this progressive/groove/death metal act has been forging scorching sonic fury since 2007. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
Wilmington, North Carolina's Hadea refuses easy classification — their death metal foundation is filtered through progressive songwriting and experimental tendencies that set them apart from more conventional genre practitioners. Since 2014, they've been one of the more intellectually restless acts in the Southeast.
New Bedford, Massachusetts's Hadean builds sprawling, emotionally heavy music at the intersection of progressive and post-metal, where texture and dynamics matter as much as riffs. Active since 2014, they bring the bleak coastal atmosphere of the South Coast into their expansive compositions.
Hadeon is a progressive metal/rock band from Udine, Italy, formed in 2017. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Black/Viking Metal, Progressive Black Metal act from Bergen in Norway, active since 2004 and delivering raw extremity. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Emerging from Stockholm's underground, this progressive death/doom metal act has been forging devastating sonic fury since 2015. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
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