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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Progressive metal band from Cangas in Galicia, Spain, active since 2015 and crafting cerebral, dynamic compositions that stretch beyond conventional metal boundaries. Their sound explores the intersection of technical musicianship and expansive progressive songwriting.
Unmoored is a Swedish progressive death metal band from Skovde, delivering a dynamic mixture of brutality, complexity, intensity, and melody. Their album Indefinite Soul Extension features Christian Alvestam of Scar Symmetry on vocals and was recorded at Abyss Studio, drawing comparisons to Opeth, Pain of Salvation, and Morbid Angel.
Berlin-based progressive death metal band active since 2005, blending metal with ambient, film music, and progressive rock into an expansive sonic palette. Their catalog spanning Welcome to Annexia, Magnetic Mountain, and The Black Moves reveals a band unafraid to cross genre boundaries.
Progressive and thrash metal band from Madrid, Spain, emerging in 2025 with a sound that combines thrash's aggressive speed with progressive metal's structural complexity. Their approach balances technical ambition with the visceral energy of thrash.
Progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, active since 2009 and delivering technically ambitious, dynamic compositions. Their sound draws from the progressive metal tradition's emphasis on complex arrangements and emotional depth.
Progressive metal band from the Netherlands, active since 2010 with over a decade of experience crafting complex compositions. Their sound explores progressive metal's expansive possibilities through technically ambitious songwriting.
Albanian extreme metal trio formed in Tirana, fusing black and death metal with lyrics exploring esoteric chaos and inner darkness. Their 2021 debut album Existence spans five tracks across 36 minutes, including a Rammstein cover alongside their original blackened death metal compositions.
Usaria is a solo progressive heavy/thrash metal project from Krakow, Poland, blending old-school heavy, thrash, death, and progressive metal into a conceptual whole. Their 2025 debut Nekromanteia is a concept album set in 1893, centered on a seance in an occupied Poland nobleman's manor.
Lithuanian progressive metal act from Vilnius, evolving from progressive black and death metal origins toward progressive rock and metal since 2010. Their stylistic evolution reflects an adventurous musical vision from the Baltic state's capital.
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