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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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NeverDream is a progressive/thrash metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2025. They pursue ambitious compositional visions from the Eternal City.
Neverland is a melodic progressive metal band from Seon in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland, active since 2014. The project weaves intricate progressive arrangements with melodic hooks from central Switzerland.
Milwaukee's Nevermore builds progressive power metal in the tradition of the genre's most ambitious practitioners — layered, melodic, and anchored by strong songwriting rather than pure technical display. A decade-plus of activity in Wisconsin's heavy scene has shaped a band that knows exactly what it wants to be.
New Death Sensation is a progressive metal and rock band from Turku, active since 2012. The band explores progressive boundaries from Finland's oldest city.
New Hate Form is a progressive death metal band from Liberec in northern Bohemia, active since 2018. The band fuses technical prowess with death metal aggression from the foot of the Jizera Mountains.
Nexilva is a progressive death metal and deathcore band from Sunderland, UK, formed in 2018. Their sound merges the technical complexity of progressive death metal with the breakdown-heavy aggression of deathcore.
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Nexus 6 is a band from Albacete that has undergone dramatic evolution since 2008, shifting from neoclassical ambient through technical black metal to progressive metal and rock. Named after the replicant model from Blade Runner, the project's restless reinvention mirrors the film's exploration of identity.
Grosseto progressive/power metal act active since 2009, crafting ambitious compositions from Tuscany's Maremma coast. Their intricate approach blends the accessibility of power metal with progressive rock's structural complexity.
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