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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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Technical progressive metal from San Antonio. Ron and Bobby Jarzombek.
Speak in Whispers blend progressive groove metal with metalcore from Larnaca, combining rhythmic heaviness with dynamic song structures. Emerging in 2025, they represent the cutting edge of Cyprus's growing metal community.
Special Experiment craft progressive metal from Bad Iburg in Lower Saxony, building intricate compositions from the Teutoburg Forest region. Active since 2000, their quarter-century of work makes them one of the region's most established progressive acts.
Spectral Damnation is a progressive heavy and power metal band from Kingston, New York, formed in 2018, blending the epic melodic ambition of power metal with progressive metal's structural complexity. Their music favors expansive arrangements, technical proficiency, and soaring vocal dynamics.
Spectral Voices is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Brooklyn, New York, active since 2005, blending technical death metal aggression with melodic sensibilities and progressive song structures.
Spellbinder is a progressive metal band from Clearwater, Florida, formed in 2001, crafting technically proficient and melodically rich progressive metal informed by the genre's classic 1990s era.
Progressive metal outfit from Linz, Austria, crafting intricate, technically demanding compositions since 2011. Their sound explores the full dynamic range of progressive metal, balancing complexity with emotional depth in the tradition of the genre's most ambitious practitioners.
Brighton's Spinning Death Machine fuse death metal, deathcore, and progressive elements into compositions that prize complexity without sacrificing brutality. Active since 2013, they navigate intricate time signatures with controlled violence.
Spiralism craft progressive rock and metal from Helsinki, building intricate, spiraling compositions from the Finnish capital. Active since 2013, they bring mathematical elegance to the Helsinki progressive scene.
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