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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Halo (2017)
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Heavy/progressive metal band from Germany, formed in 2015 and sharing its Tolkien-derived name with the older black metal project. Their sound blends traditional heavy metal's power with progressive complexity and epic scope.
Experimental progressive metal band from Fleurance in southwestern France, formed in 2020 with an alchemical name referencing the art of transmutation. Their unconventional approach transforms metal's raw materials into something genuinely unpredictable.
Houston's Khepera weave progressive ambition through death and thrash metal, drawing on the technical flair of their city's storied extreme metal scene. Their sound rewards patience — dense arrangements that reveal new details on repeated listens.
Progressive metal band from Plymouth, England, formed in 2023 and incorporating Middle Eastern musical influences into their progressive framework. The fusion creates a distinctive sound that pairs prog metal's technical ambition with exotic scales and melodic motifs.
A product of the birthplace of black metal, this Trondheim-based black metal, industrial metal, and progressive metal act channels Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Active since 2012, the combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Progressive metal band from Sotkamo in the Kainuu region, formed in 2019 and named after the Helsinki museum of contemporary art. Their intellectually ambitious sound pushes metal's boundaries from the Finnish wilderness.
The Lithuanian city of Vilnius serves as headquarters for this progressive metal operation, whose arsenal includes Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
The Italian city of Turin serves as headquarters for this death metal, melodic death metal, and progressive metal operation, whose arsenal includes Florida-school brutality with modern precision. The riffs hit with blunt-force trauma, leaving no room for subtlety.
Progressive metal, metalcore, and rock band from Turin, active since 2017 and navigating the territory between progressive complexity and metalcore's dynamic structures. Their genre-spanning approach reflects Turin's diverse musical culture.
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