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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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San Francisco progressive doom metal band formed in 2023, crafting elaborate, slowly unfolding compositions that wed psychedelic atmosphere with heavy, deliberate riffing.
Snowchain craft progressive metal from Rothenthurm, building elaborate compositions that showcase technical musicianship and dynamic songwriting. Their Alpine origins lend a distinctive backdrop to their ambitious approach to the genre.
Sojourn in Existence is a progressive black/death metal band from Oregon, formed in 2021, weaving complex compositional structures and introspective themes through a framework of blackened extremity and progressive expansion.
Solacide craft progressive black metal from Lahti, pushing beyond conventional black metal structures into more complex, layered territories. Active since 2013, they bring consolation-killing progressivism to the Paijat-Hame scene.
Solamors is a progressive melodic death metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2013, building elaborate compositions that move through shifting dynamics and melodic sophistication while maintaining a foundation of genuine death metal intensity.
Moscow's Solar Crown explore progressive power metal from the Russian capital since 2014. Their radiant-coronation name channels the blazing authority of the sun into compositions that merge progressive ambition with anthemic power.
Solar Flares blend progressive heavy metal with thrash influences from Berlin, building elaborate compositions that balance cerebral ambition with aggressive energy. Active since 2016, they bring cosmic-themed intensity to the capital's progressive metal landscape.
Solar Spine blend progressive rock, gothic/death metal, and doom from the gemstone-cutting town of Idar-Oberstein in the Hunsruck mountains. Active since 2008, their genre-spanning approach creates a multi-faceted sound that reflects the geological diversity of their surroundings.
Blagoveshchensk's Solar Wind explore progressive metal from Russia's Far Eastern border with China since 2016. Their cosmic-phenomenon name and origins on the Amur River, directly across from the Chinese city of Heihe, make them one of Russia's most geographically distinctive progressive acts.
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