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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Milwaukee's Magadore blend electronic textures into progressive metal songwriting, creating something that feels both cerebral and kinetic. Since 2016 they've developed a genre-bending approach that sets them apart in the Midwest's heavy underground.
San Francisco's Magellan map out progressive metal territory where technical guitar work meets the exploratory spirit of the city's storied rock tradition. Since 2013 they've built a catalog defined by ambitious song structures and precise musicianship.
Visalia's Maggot Colony have been fusing death metal brutality with grindcore brevity since 2006, delivering short blasts of California-grown filth with relentless energy. Two decades in, their approach remains as single-minded and caustic as ever.
Magic and Medicine is a female-fronted progressive metal band from Oldenburg, Germany, active since 2021 with vocalist Judith Elisabeth Meyer leading a five-piece ensemble. Their 2025 self-titled debut balances dramatic, healing atmospheres with expansive progressive songwriting across three epic compositions.
Magnetorium is a progressive heavy metal band from Maintal/Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2013. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Ohio's Magnitude-9 sit at the demanding overlap of progressive and neoclassical metal, where sweep-picked arpeggios meet labyrinthine song structures. Since 2008 they've cultivated a technically exacting style that demands as much from the listener as from the player.
Magnolia is a progressive metal band from Salerno, Italy, formed in 2020. They craft intricate progressive metal from the Campania coast.
Magnum Opus is a progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2022. They craft intricate progressive metal from northern Greece.
Fort Worth's Magnus build technical progressive metal with a Texas sense of scale — sprawling, precise, and unafraid of complexity. Since 2010 they've pushed the boundaries of what progressive metal can sound like in the Lone Star underground.
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