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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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Progressive metal band from Pleszew, Poland, active since 2009, delivering technically ambitious progressive metal from the Greater Poland region. Over fifteen years they have honed their complex compositional approach.
Progressive and technical death metal band from Rambouillet, France, formed in 2018, whose provocative name contrasts with the sophistication of their technical compositions. They deliver intricate progressive death metal from the Ile-de-France region.
Progressive post-black metal band from Riga, Latvia, formed in 2020, exploring the depths of progressive composition through a post-black metal lens. They bring adventurous musicianship to the Latvian metal scene.
Odd by name and design, New York's Platypus applies progressive metal's toolkit with an unpredictable structural logic — time signatures shift, themes resurface transformed, and no section stays where you expect it to land.
Progressive thrash metal band from Ankara, Turkey, formed in 2021, bringing common people's fury through technically ambitious thrash metal. They bring progressive complexity to the Turkish thrash scene.
Progressive metal band from Tomsk, Russia, formed in 2021, crafting intricate progressive metal compositions from western Siberia. They bring technical ambition to the Siberian metal scene.
Progressive black metal band from Krosno, Poland, formed in 2025, whose name means 'contempt' in Polish. They bring ambitious progressive black metal to the Subcarpathian underground.
Raleigh's Polydrafter has been crafting progressive metal that straddles the line between composed complexity and rock-band immediacy since 2012, drawing on the technical vocabulary of the genre without disappearing entirely into time signatures. North Carolina's metal scene doesn't always get its due, but Polydrafter represents the kind of patient, skilled work that builds a reputation over years.
Progressive and groove metal band from Reykjavik, Iceland, active since 2008, delivering multi-faceted progressive metal from the Icelandic capital. Their name reflects the many-sided nature of their compositions.
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