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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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San Diego's Eukaryst fuse progressive and death metal into a sound defined by cellular-level precision and controlled ferocity, active since 2014 along the sun-bleached Southern California coast. Their name draws on biology, and their music dissects complexity with matching rigor.
Ambitious Progressive Metal from Conroe.
Stoughton, Massachusetts progressive metal outfit Evaded has been developing their craft since 2013, operating in the tradition of progressive rock and metal hybrids that emphasize compositional depth alongside heavy instrumentation. Their decade-plus tenure in the Massachusetts scene reflects a dedication to evolving their sound beyond genre convention.
A product of Italy's deep-rooted extreme metal underground, this Turin-based death metal and progressive metal act channels Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Active since 2017, the combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Emerging from Sassari, this Italian act forges Progressive Metal built on genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
Part of Holland's dense concentration of metal talent, this act channels progressive metal with a focus on labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Formed in 2015, based in Amsterdam, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.
Los Angeles progressive metal outfit Event Horizon brings the sprawling ambition of the genre to one of California's most competitive metal scenes since their 2020 formation. Their name, borrowed from the point of no return at a black hole's boundary, sets the tone for music that pursues the threshold between accessibility and the abyss.
Cork's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal and progressive metal unit is among them — wielding labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Straddling the line between power metal and progressive metal, this Swedish actfrom Gothenburg fuses polyrhythmic complexity balanced with emotive melodic passages into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2022, and uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
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