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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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Traverse City, Michigan progressive and heavy metal band formed in 2019, combining intricate compositional structures with classic metal heaviness from one of the state's smaller music markets.
Stoic Unrest blend melodic death metal with progressive elements from the German underground, combining emotional intensity with cerebral composition. Formed in 2024, their philosophical name hints at an intellectually engaged approach to extreme metal.
New Jersey progressive and melodic death metal band active since 2016, combining technically intricate arrangements with the melodic sensibilities of the Scandinavian-influenced wing of American death metal.
Stone Healer is a progressive black metal band from Mansfield, Connecticut, formed in 2015, blending the technical ambition of progressive metal with the raw, dissonant energy of black metal.
Stone Marrow is a progressive stoner metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 2019, combining complex song structures and intricate instrumental passages with heavy, fuzz-laden stoner grooves.
Ambitious Progressive Metal / Shred out of Texas.
Stoned Ghost is a progressive heavy metal band from New Jersey, formed in 2019, combining the melodic depth and compositional complexity of progressive metal with the punch and attitude of traditional heavy metal.
Stoned God fuse progressive, death, and groove metal from Gottingen, creating a multi-genre sound that moves between cerebral complexity and riff-driven heaviness. Active since 2016, they bring divine, altered-state intensity to the Lower Saxon university city.
Stonegroove is a power/progressive metal band from Ogden, Utah, formed in 2020, combining soaring melodies and technical proficiency within a sound that bridges the epic scope of power metal and the compositional depth of progressive metal.
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