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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Succession is a progressive metal band from Denver, Colorado, formed in 2004, building elaborate, technically rich compositions that reflect the Mile High City's long-running appetite for expansive, forward-thinking heavy music.
Sudden Havoc craft progressive death/thrash metal from the Baltic port of Rostock, building technically demanding compositions since 2005. Their two decades of activity make them veterans of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern extreme metal scene.
Suede Wilson is a progressive power metal project from Lafayette, Louisiana, formed in 2017, blending melodic power metal with progressive rock arrangements, electronic elements, and dark ambient passages into an eclectic and unconventional sound.
Laredo, Texas outfit formed in 2012 that fuses progressive sensibilities with death-doom, crafting dense, slow-burning compositions that draw equally from melodic death metal and oppressive doom atmospheres.
Originating in Forest Lake, Minnesota, Suffering Hour is an avant-garde black/death metal band formed in 2017 known for their dissonant, labyrinthine compositions and refusal to adhere to genre conventions, earning widespread acclaim in the underground with releases like The Cyclic Reckoning.
Toledo, Ohio progressive death metal band formed in 2024, pursuing technically ambitious compositions that push the boundaries of conventional death metal.
Sugarfields evolved from punk rock origins into progressive metal and hard rock territory, a stylistic journey that makes them one of Geneva's more unpredictable heavy acts. Their willingness to reinvent themselves speaks to a restless creative spirit that transcends genre boundaries.
Sullvation is a Chicago, Illinois progressive heavy/power metal band formed in 2022, weaving together melodic power metal hooks, progressive structures, and the raw energy of classic heavy metal.
Sum of Seven craft progressive metal from Turku, building intricate compositions that explore mathematical themes. Active since 2015, they bring numbered precision to the southwestern Finnish progressive scene.
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