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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 metalcore and post-rock band from Bergamo, Italy active since 2009. While Sun Ends blends the atmospheric beauty of post-rock with metalcore's aggressive intensity from the Lombardy foothills.
Technical progressive metal from Mesquite.
Progressive metal band from Rome, Italy formed in 2021. White Thunder pushes metal into progressive territory with ambitious compositions from the Italian capital.
Progressive/groove metal band from Constanța, Romania active since 2011. White Walls blends progressive ambition with groove metal's rhythmic power from the Black Sea port city.
Progressive metal band from Alcalá de Henares, Spain active since 2005. White Widow crafts intricate progressive metal with complex arrangements and dynamic shifts from the historic city east of Madrid.
Stoner doom turned progressive heavy metal band from Darmstadt, Germany active since 2011 with an extensive catalog including Wight Weedy Wight, Through The Woods Into Deep Water, and Atlas. Their evolution from stoner/doom roots into heavier progressive territory has earned them a dedicated following and a split release with Stone Axe.
Founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 2008 by vocalist and guitarist Evan Berry, Wilderun have progressively evolved from folk-inflected heavy metal into one of the most ambitious acts in American progressive and symphonic metal. Their debut Olden Tales and Deathly Trails (2012) drew on American folk tradition, while Sleep at the Edge of the Earth (2015), Veil of Imagination (2019), and Epigone (2022) marked a sustained compositional leap toward dense orchestration and progressive architecture. Epigone in particular received widespread critical recognition for the scale and craft of its arrangements.
Progressive metal band from Paris, France formed in 2020. Wildred pushes metal into progressive territory with ambitious compositions and dynamic shifts from the French capital.
Progressive death metal band from Rapallo, Italy active since 2015. Will 'o' Wisp pushes death metal into intricate progressive territory from the Ligurian Riviera.
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