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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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Russian progressive/groove metal band from Moscow, blending technical ambition with rhythmic heaviness since 2007. Their cryptic acronym adds mystery to their nearly two decades of progressive groove.
Lybrian is a power/progressive metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2023 by a five-piece lineup including vocalist/bassist Marc Maximo, guitarist/vocalist Lee Shade, guitarist David Thomazone, keyboardist Davi Miaty, and drummer John Oliver. The band released a string of singles in 2024, including "Eyes of Fairy" (February), "Voices of Valhalla" (March), and "Soul in Chains" (December), establishing an epic, melody-driven sound.
Pennsylvania's Lör build epic progressive folk metal on a grand scale, weaving acoustic instrumentation and sweeping narrative ambition through long-form compositions that feel genuinely world-building. Since 2017, they've been among the most ambitious folk-prog acts in the American underground.
M-Hunter is a progressive death/gothic metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2020. They push death metal into progressive territory with technical ambition.
Maahlas is a progressive melodic death/black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2014. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Mac Tyroon is a solo progressive metal project from Germany, led by a self-taught guitarist and former frontman who blends groove metal's raw energy with cinematic atmospheres and video game-influenced electronic elements. Releases like the "Evilution" EP showcase compositions that alternate between brutal heaviness and introspective soundscapes.
Richmond's Mack Thompson operates at the intersection of neoclassical technique and progressive metal ambition, threading intricate shred passages through experimental song structures. The project has evolved steadily since 2018 from experimental rock foundations into something bracingly difficult to categorize.
Mad Act is a progressive stoner and sludge metal band from Amiens, France, formed in 2019. They blend progressive ambition with stoner-sludge metal's crushing, groove-laden heaviness.
Mad Road is a progressive heavy and thrash metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, formed in 2014. They combine progressive metal's technical ambition with the raw energy of heavy and thrash metal.
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