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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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Crafting their sound since 2013, this Krasnodar Death Metal and Progressive Metal outfit delivers polyrhythmic complexity balanced with emotive melodic passages. Their place within Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Binghamton, New York's Evil Twin has been crafting atmospheric progressive metal since 2009, building a body of work in upstate New York's often-overlooked heavy music community. Their approach layers the emotional intricacy of progressive composition over metal's instrumental weight, with a sense of atmosphere that reflects the gray, contemplative character of the region.
Progressive metal band from the lakeside resort town of Montreux, Switzerland, building complex, technically ambitious compositions since 2011. Their setting in one of Europe's most famous music cities provides fitting backdrop for their intricate brand of progressive metal.
In existence since 2021, this Amsterdam Doom Metal, Post-Metal, and Progressive Metal outfit delivers polyrhythmic complexity balanced with emotive melodic passages. Their place within Holland's dense concentration of metal talent speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
The Dutch city of Boxtel serves as headquarters for this progressive metal and symphonic metal operation, whose arsenal includes Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
Umbertide (Perugia), Italy — power metal, progressive metal, and symphonic metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2019, they deal in odd-time signatures woven into surprisingly accessible songwriting. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Progressive death/thrash metal act from Switzerland's Rhine Valley, combining the technicality of progressive metal with death and thrash aggression since 2007. Their genre-crossing approach blends cerebral complexity with visceral, high-speed energy.
Firmly rooted in progressive metal, this Italian actfrom Taranto delivers polyrhythmic complexity balanced with emotive melodic passages without compromise. They've been at it since 2014, and uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Exploring the depths of power metal and progressive metal, this Italian outfit from Casarsa della Delizia has been refining their craft since 2007. Their sound hinges on odd-time signatures woven into surprisingly accessible songwriting, delivered with stubborn authenticity.
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