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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 Bielsko-Biała, Poland, active since 2016. Their approach delivers technically ambitious compositions from the Silesian-Little Poland borderlands.
Regular People is a groove/progressive metal band from Motala, Sweden, formed in 2017. The band fuses groove metal's rhythmic punch with progressive metal's complexity, creating a dynamic and layered sound.
Reh is a progressive sludge/doom metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since 2016. The band layers progressive complexity over crushing sludge and doom foundations from the Danish capital.
Progressive death/black metal act from Chard in Somerset, whose 2012 album 'Elegy' and 'Fractured Reflections' EP weave technical complexity through extreme metal foundations. Their compositional ambition pushes beyond conventional genre constraints from an unlikely corner of southwest England.
La Grange, Kentucky's Reign of Revelation have been refining progressive thrash metal since 2011, threading complex song structures and dynamic range through the velocity and aggression of classic thrash. Over a decade-plus of activity, they've become one of the most persistent voices in the state's small but dedicated metal underground.
Progressive thrash metal/crossover band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2020. Their approach combines progressive complexity with thrash velocity and crossover energy.
London-based progressive and groove metal outfit formed in 2017, combining cerebral complexity with rhythmic heaviness. Their sound balances technical ambition with the visceral satisfaction of heavy grooves.
Progressive death metal band from Ebbs in Tyrol, Austria, Relinquished combined technical death metal structures with progressive compositional sensibilities. Their catalog, preserved on Bandcamp, documents a band exploring the more intricate, ambitious end of the Austrian extreme metal spectrum.
Relocator is a progressive rock and metal fusion project from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2010 and featuring guitarist Stefan Artwin, bassist Michael Pruchnicki, drummer Frank Tinge, and electric violinist Bartek Strycharski. Their self-titled debut features guest keyboards by Derek Sherinian and delivers nearly an hour of ambitious, complex instrumental progressive metal.
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