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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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Noveria is a power/progressive metal band from Rome, Italy, active since 2013. They craft polished, technically ambitious melodic metal from the Italian capital.
Nox Vorago is a progressive death/symphonic metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2012. The band combines progressive structures with death metal intensity and symphonic grandeur from Sweden's metal capital.
Noxiferis is a gothic/progressive metal band from the Bielsko-Biała area, Poland, formed in 2022. They weave dark atmospheric elements with progressive complexity.
Turkish progressive metal and djent project launched in 2023, crafting intricate, rhythmically complex compositions. Their cerebral approach channels the technically demanding side of modern progressive metal.
Bratislava progressive thrash metal act formed in 2016, pushing thrash beyond conventional boundaries through intricate compositions. Their cerebral approach channels technical ambition through aggressive frameworks.
Out of Santa Ana, California, Nug have been pummeling eardrums with their brand of slam and brutal death metal since 2018. The band leans hard into bone-cracking breakdowns and guttural extremity, placing them squarely in the Southern California tradition of no-frills, bowel-loosening brutality.
Intricate Progressive / Alternative Metal out of Texas.
Numento is a progressive death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, distinguished by the versatile vocals of Katri H-A, who ranges from operatic cleans to deep growls, accompanied by the eerie tones of the kantele, Finland's national instrument. Their releases including The Antimatter Fantasy showcase a unique fusion of extreme metal and Finnish folk instrumentation.
Nungara is a progressive/groove metal band from Berlin, active since 2020. Named after the invasive flatworm species, the band brings an ecological edge to their progressive groove metal.
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