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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Youngsville, North Carolina's Shredistic, formed in 2019, pursue progressive metal with an emphasis on technical musicianship and compositional ambition, their work reflecting a dedication to expanding the genre's structural possibilities outside major metropolitan scenes.
Palm Springs, California's Shrine of Resurrection, formed in 2021, pursue progressive death metal filtered through metalcore's structural sensibility — ambitious compositions that balance technical complexity with the direct aggression of the modern heavy underground.
Washington State progressive black/death metal act formed in 2017, weaving complex song structures and shifting dynamics through a foundation of blackened aggression and death metal intensity. The progressive element gives their compositions an unpredictable, sprawling character.
Staten Island progressive thrash/death metal act formed in 2023 that evolved toward deathcore, mapping a trajectory from technical complexity toward crushing modern heaviness — a New York City band navigating the intersection of precision and brutality.
Las Vegas progressive death/thrash act formed in 2017, weaving together technical complexity, thrashy aggression, and death metal weight into an ambitious and ever-shifting sound.
Progressive thrash metal band from Pleven in northern Bulgaria, active since 2018. Their progressive approach adds structural complexity and dynamic range to thrash metal's foundational aggression.
Progressive metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 1995, recording in Portuguese. The band released two studio albums — Initium (1999) and Busca (2002) on Rock Symphony — before splitting up.
Sigma Cero craft progressive metal and rock from Valencia, building intricate compositions from Spain's third-largest city. Active since 2007, they bring mathematical precision to the Valencian progressive scene.
Georgia-based Signed in Black emerged in 2025 with a sound that crosses the technical ambition of progressive metal against the aggression of death and thrash, a young act already charting ambitious territory.
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