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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Progressive thrash/death metal band from Frankfurt, Germany, active since 2015. Their technically ambitious approach pushes thrash and death metal into progressive territory from Germany's financial capital.
Progressive death/black metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2020. Their complex compositions merge the brutality of death and black metal with progressive structures and unconventional arrangements.
An established progressive metalcore voice from Turku, contributing to Finland's underground since 2001. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.
Hermit's Maze is a Buenos Aires instrumental progressive metal band that debuted in 2017 with the EP "Cyclothyminis" and expanded their sound on the eleven-track full-length "State of Mind" (2019). They followed up with "Every Dream Has Its Bleakness" in November 2020, a five-track release exploring darker atmospheric terrain, and have earned airplay on European and American radio.
Heryos is a progressive doom/heavy metal act from Aosta, Italy, active since 2023 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Emerging from Zwolle's underground, this progressive metal act has been forging thunderous sonic fury since 2024. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.
Hesperion is a progressive/power metal band from Irpin, Ukraine, active since 2015 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Bred in Amsterdam's underground, this act delivers grim progressive doom/post-metal since 2023. Slow, deliberate riffing and suffocating atmospheres form the foundation of their craft.
Chicago's Hess navigates the intersection of neoclassical grandeur and progressive metal architecture, weaving composed precision with metallic weight. Formed in 2020, the project brings a composer's sensibility to heavy music, prioritizing structure and dynamics over brute force.
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