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Death Atlas (2019)
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Tucson's Eight Legged Horse take their name from Odin's mythic steed Sleipnir and have been fusing Viking metal mythology with progressive metal composition since 1980 — one of the few acts in either genre with a history stretching back to the earliest days of heavy metal itself.
Progressive thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia active since 2015. Their Dutch-city name belies Russian origins, delivering thrash metal with progressive complexity from the Moscow metal underground.
Rochester, Michigan's Einheuser has been navigating the overlap between death and progressive metal since 2011, constructing dense, technically ambitious music that favors structural complexity over outright brutality.
Buffalo's Eira threads together blackened death and progressive metal into something genuinely restless since forming in 2022. The band's willingness to pull from multiple extreme subgenres at once keeps things unpredictable and sharp.
Death metal and progressive metal band from Tours, France active since 2015. They blend technical complexity with death metal brutality from the Loire Valley.
Progressive black metal act from Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, expanding the genre's boundaries through ambitious compositions since 2015. Their Greek name, meaning "ecstasy" or "standing outside oneself," reflects a transcendent approach to black metal.
El Lado Oscuro is a power/progressive metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed in 2002, whose lineup includes Diego Tellechea on guitar and Guillermo Villarreal on bass. The band has released four studio albums: 'Light... at Last' (2014), 'Spacefarers' (2018), 'Nueva Mente' (2021), and 'Into the Void' (2024).
El Quinto Poder is a progressive metal band from Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina, whose lineup includes Adso Maidana on vocals and guitar, Gabriel Acosta on guitar, Vladimir Vagabculow on keyboards and backing vocals, Alberto Mendez on bass, and Martin Ebel on drums. The band released their debut album 'Catarsis' in March 2016 — recorded between May 2015 and March 2016 — followed by 'Letargo de la Salvación' in December 2018.
Power and progressive metal act from the Hanseatic town of Buxtehude near Hamburg, Germany, crafting anthemic, technically proficient compositions since 2019. Their approach blends the melodic grandeur of power metal with progressive metal's structural complexity.
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