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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Turku progressive metal/rock act formed in 2022, exploring the more expansive and experimental side of heavy music. Their approach favors unusual structures and tonal explorations over conventional metal aggression.
Turku progressive metal project active since 2018, exploring heavy music's compositional boundaries from Finland's former capital. Their philosophical approach to progressive metal favors intellectual depth and structural experimentation.
Spanish progressive/melodic gothic metal band from the Valencian Community, crafting intricate, darkly elegant compositions since 2016. Named after Shakespeare's tragic heroine, their approach channels literary depth through progressive gothic metal.
Riga progressive sludge metal act active since 2016, a rare representative of Latvia's small but adventurous heavy music scene. Their approach layers progressive complexity over sludge metal's corrosive foundation, resulting in compositions that are both intellectually demanding and physically heavy.
Fort Worth metalcore/progressive metalcore. Technical, aggressive, and melodically ambitious.
Lemele extreme progressive metal/rock act from rural Overijssel, formed in 2022. Their small-village origins and genre-defying approach -- blending extreme metal with progressive rock sensibilities -- mark them as one of the Dutch underground's more unconventional acts.
Helsinki avant-garde/progressive metal project active since 2012, pushing metal into unconventional sonic territory. Their output resists genre classification, combining experimental composition with heavy instrumentation in unpredictable ways.
Bologna progressive metal act active since 2013, crafting ambitious, multi-layered compositions from Emilia-Romagna's cultural capital. Over a decade they have developed a style that prioritizes compositional depth and dynamic range.
Munich progressive/melodic black metal project formed in 2021, applying progressive structures and melodic sophistication to a black metal foundation. Bavaria's capital provides an unlikely but increasingly fertile ground for ambitious extreme metal.
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