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Rhûn is a progressive heavy/power metal band from Dortmund in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2024. Named after the eastern lands from Tolkien's Middle-earth, the band blends progressive complexity with heavy and power metal grandeur.
Progressive metal solo artist from Darlington, England, active since 2020. The project delivers technically ambitious progressive compositions.
Richard Graudenz is a progressive/post-metal solo project from Jena in Thuringia, Germany, active since 2016. The project explores atmospheric post-metal and progressive compositions from the university city on the Saale river.
Newark, New Jersey's RicoBlade has been building a sound since 2020 that bridges the gap between progressive metal's compositional ambition and the neoclassical shred tradition, adding ambient textures to give the music an unusual emotional depth beyond pure technical display. Newark, a city with a gritty underdog character, lends a certain grounded intensity to RicoBlade's otherwise cerebral approach — this is intricate music with genuine feeling behind the fretwork. The ambient elements in particular give their progressive/shred work a cinematic scope rarely found in this subgenre.
Denver, Colorado's Ricochet have been flying the flag for traditional heavy metal since 1996, making them one of the Rocky Mountain region's most durable acts in the genre. Their sound looks backward to the classic NWOBHM and American heavy metal templates — anthemic, guitar-driven, melodically confident — at a time when the Denver scene was largely consumed by grunge's aftermath. Nearly three decades of activity is a testament to their commitment to a form of metal that never stopped being relevant to those who truly believe in it.
Salt Lake City's Riksha has been carving out a distinct space in the American heavy music landscape since 2011, fusing groove metal's rhythmic aggression with the compositional depth of progressive metal. The result is a sound that's simultaneously crushing and cerebral — dense, syncopated riff patterns set against dynamic song structures that reward repeated listening. They're among the more technically ambitious heavy acts to emerge from Utah's active underground.
Reykjavik progressive metal and rock act formed in 2015, crafting ambitious compositions from the edge of the Arctic Circle. Their cerebral approach channels the expansive Icelandic landscape through progressive metal's structural complexity.
Rising Core is a progressive metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2014. The band explores complex arrangements and technical musicianship from one of Spain's most active metal cities.
Ristridi is a melodic death/power/progressive metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2018. The band blends three strains of melodic and technical metal from Bavaria's capital city.
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