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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Southgate is a Portland, Oregon progressive deathcore band formed in 2009, layering the technical complexity and dynamic ambition of progressive metal atop deathcore's crushing low-end rhythmic foundation.
Sovereignty is a progressive metal band from Omaha, Nebraska, formed in 2019. They pursue elaborate, technically ambitious compositions within a progressive metal framework.
Progressive/technical death metal from Dallas.
Sovver is a Denver, Colorado band formed in 2023 that merges progressive and technical death metal with deathcore, pursuing a dense, technically demanding sound built on shifting time signatures and brutal low-end.
Soylent Green craft progressive metal from the Schleswig-Holstein town of Tellingstedt, their dystopian-film name hinting at conceptual ambitions beyond standard metal fare. Formed in 2022, they bring cerebral intensity to the North German countryside.
Arvika's Space Cult pair progressive and stoner metal from the Varmland town since 2019. Their cosmic-worship name and origins near the Norwegian border channel the veneration of the universe into compositions of expansive, genre-crossing heaviness.
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Ljubljana's Space Unicorn on Fire pair progressive and power metal from the Slovenian capital since 2013. Their deliberately absurdist name channels the cosmic spectacle of a burning mythical creature into over a decade of technically ambitious, convention-defying compositions.
Spacebag is a progressive metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2012. They operate within the technically ambitious and tonally adventurous side of progressive metal, reflecting the experimental sensibility that has long characterized the Pacific Northwest's heavy music scene.
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