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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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A progressive power metal act from the Ligurian city of Savona, Mindlight has been crafting technically ambitious compositions since 2014. The band merges the accessibility of power metal with progressive complexity.
MindLink is a progressive groove metal/hard rock band from Terneuzen, the Netherlands, formed in 2020. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Mindpath is the solo project of Viña del Mar musician Iván Stevens, blending blackened death metal with progressive and acoustic elements. The project has released a series of albums including Psychosis, and the Silence that Prevails (2012), the EP Versos Nostálgicos de un Individuo Cualquiera (2013), From Where the Highest Mountain Came (2013), and A la tierna indiferencia del mundo (2015), all made available as free digital downloads under Creative Commons licensing.
B.H.P. is a death metal act from the Dalmatian city of Split, formed in 2022. The band delivers aggressive extremity from one of Croatia's most vibrant coastal cities.
Mindsplit is a progressive metal band from Hudiksvall, Sweden, formed in 2015. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
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Mindwork is a progressive death metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, active since 2007, whose albums have twice been nominated for best hard and heavy record in the country. They have shared stages with Cynic, Suffocation, and Nocturnus, and their discography from "Into The Swirl" (2009) through "Deadly Narrow Line" (2024) showcases technically demanding, compositionally ambitious extreme metal.
Madison, Wisconsin's Mine have been exploring the outer edges of progressive metal since 2005, building layered, compositionally ambitious music that favors shifting time signatures and expansive arrangements over conventional song structures.
Minus Mountain is a stoner and progressive metal band from Lübeck, Germany. Their 2025 self-titled debut album spans eight tracks of doom-infused progressive stoner metal, released on limited vinyl and CD editions.
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