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Heryos is a progressive doom/heavy metal act from Aosta, Italy, active since 2023 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Emerging from Zwolle's underground, this progressive metal act has been forging thunderous sonic fury since 2024. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.
Hesperion is a progressive/power metal band from Irpin, Ukraine, active since 2015 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Bred in Amsterdam's underground, this act delivers grim progressive doom/post-metal since 2023. Slow, deliberate riffing and suffocating atmospheres form the foundation of their craft.
Chicago's Hess navigates the intersection of neoclassical grandeur and progressive metal architecture, weaving composed precision with metallic weight. Formed in 2020, the project brings a composer's sensibility to heavy music, prioritizing structure and dynamics over brute force.
Progressive thrash/death metal band from Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, originally formed as OrioN in 2007. Their conceptually linked albums Human At Sight and Monster At Heart explore the human condition through complex, thematically ambitious progressive death metal across nearly an hour of material each.
Operating from Helsinki, this progressive/symphonic thrash metal project has been shaping menacing sound since 2011. Their compositions deliver the genre's essential fury with technical skill.
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From Larvik in Norway, this doom/progressive metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2023. Glacial compositions unfold with crushing weight, exploring despair and transcendence.
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