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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Moonlight Circus is a epic power/progressive metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2024. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition and creative depth.
Moonlit is a progressive and folk metal band from Sauerland, Germany, formed in 2018. They weave folk instrumentation into progressive metal frameworks, creating intricate and atmospheric compositions.
A progressive death metal band from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, formed in 2025, merging the technical complexity of prog with death metal's crushing weight in what appears to be an early but ambitious entry into the scene.
Charlotte, North Carolina's Moraia have been fusing groove metal's hard-hitting rhythmic punch with progressive metal's structural ambition since 2022, carving out a niche in the Southeast's developing heavy underground.
Moraines is a band from Zagreb, Croatia, active since 2008, having evolved from post-metal into progressive and post-rock. Their creative arc traces a journey from heavy atmospherics toward more expansive progressive territory.
Moral Hazard is a progressive heavy metal band from Augsburg, Germany, formed in 2002. They combine the ambition of progressive metal with classic heavy metal muscle and technical precision.
More of the Same Old Days is a progressive metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2017. They craft intricate progressive metal with creative depth and technical ambition.
Seattle progressive metal project Morgan Wick has been exploring the genre's more introspective and compositionally complex dimensions since 2017, drawing from the Pacific Northwest's culture of musical experimentation. The solo or small-ensemble format allows for a highly personal approach to progressive metal's technical demands.
Morgana-X is a progressive metal band from Arnhem, the Netherlands, formed in 2023. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
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