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Auburn, Alabama's Hematovore are a rare thing: a progressive metal act with roots stretching back to 1996, carrying decades of accumulated craft and ambition into a sound that evolves without losing its teeth. Their Southern roots inform a sensibility that is both technically meticulous and emotionally direct.
Bred in Turin's underground, this act delivers grim neoclassical/progressive metal since 2011. Their sound delivers the intensity their genre demands with focused execution.
Heonia is a symphonic/progressive metal band from Lille, France, formed in 2010. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Greensboro, North Carolina's Hephystus have been crafting progressive metal since 2009, named for the blacksmith god and built with a similar dedication to forging complex structures from raw heavy metal. Their work rewards patience and repeated listens.
Heptah is a progressive metal band from Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2012. The quintet — featuring vocalists Rhads Clemente and Ricardo Corsi, guitarists Corsi and Samuel Zechin, bassist Robson Baroli, and drummer Raphael Jorge — released their debut album "Master of Delusion" in September 2012, an 11-track record combining heavy riffs with melodic progressive arrangements.
Progressive thrash/death metal band from Frankfurt, Germany, active since 2015. Their technically ambitious approach pushes thrash and death metal into progressive territory from Germany's financial capital.
Progressive death/black metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2020. Their complex compositions merge the brutality of death and black metal with progressive structures and unconventional arrangements.
An established progressive metalcore voice from Turku, contributing to Finland's underground since 2001. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.
Hermit's Maze is a Buenos Aires instrumental progressive metal band that debuted in 2017 with the EP "Cyclothyminis" and expanded their sound on the eleven-track full-length "State of Mind" (2019). They followed up with "Every Dream Has Its Bleakness" in November 2020, a five-track release exploring darker atmospheric terrain, and have earned airplay on European and American radio.
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