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Featured Album
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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French progressive metalcore band from Avignon, blending technical ambition with hardcore intensity since 2016. Named after a galaxy supercluster, their cosmic-themed approach brings expansive vision to metalcore's aggressive framework.
Ukrainian progressive heavy metal and hard rock band from Donetsk, blending technical ambition with accessible hooks since 2014. Their Arctic name channels the frozen, isolated landscapes of the far north through prog-inflected metal.
Dutch progressive metal artist from Amsterdam, crafting technically intricate compositions since 2013. Their solo project approach brings focused, compositional vision to progressive metal.
Madison, Wisconsin's Last Crack blend progressive complexity with the gut-punch immediacy of groove metal, making music that's simultaneously brainy and bruising. Their Wisconsin roots give their sound a no-nonsense directness that keeps the prog tendencies grounded.
Greek progressive metal/metalcore band from Athens, blending technical ambition with hardcore aggression. Their approach merges progressive complexity with metalcore's dynamic intensity.
Dutch progressive metal band formed in 2017, delivering complex, structurally ambitious compositions. Their name captures the last-chance, final-stand energy of their progressive approach.
Swedish progressive metal band from Malmo, crafting technically intricate compositions since 2012. Their tribal name channels the heritage of community and tradition through progressive metal's complex framework.
Pittsburgh's Last Will stretch thrash metal across a progressive skeleton, threading speed and technical ambition into songs that reward repeat listens as much as they reward headbanging.
Greek band from Thessaloniki that evolved from doom metal origins in 2014 into progressive rock territory. Their sonic journey traces a path from crushing heaviness to more expansive, contemplative compositions.
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