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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Veteran Los Angeles progressive power metal band formed in 1995, recognized for elaborate compositions, technically proficient musicianship, and a decade-spanning catalog that helped define the American progressive power metal underground.
Stella Erratic is a progressive metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2022. Drawing on the complex rhythmic and melodic traditions of the genre, they represent a newer wave of progressive metal emerging from the Midwest.
Stellar Circuits formed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 2015, combining progressive metal complexity with the rhythmic precision of djent and the melodic accessibility of alternative metal. The band's debut EP (2015) was followed by the full-length Ways We Haunt (2018) and Sight to Sound on Nuclear Blast Records, the latter expanding the band's reach significantly within the progressive metal community. Their album Phantom : : Phoenix continued the pattern of groove-forward progressive metal with clean vocals and layered dynamics. Stellar Circuits represent one of the more technically accomplished acts to emerge from the American Southeast's progressive metal underground.
Stellivm are a progressive metal band from Santiago, Chile, playing entirely instrumental heavy music. Their debut full-length Octava Poëtica was released in April 2023, featuring eleven tracks with Latin-inflected titles drawn from astronomy and classical mythology.
Stentorian is a heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2016. They play traditional heavy metal with an emphasis on powerful vocals and driving riffs, working within the rich and competitive LA metal scene.
Steorrah craft progressive death metal from the Bonn/Siegen corridor, building technically demanding compositions that push beyond conventional death metal structures. Active since 2010, they represent the cerebral, boundary-pushing end of the Rhineland extreme scene.
Sterile Vision evolved from thrash/death metal origins into progressive heavy and groove metal from Dusseldorf, broadening their sonic palette while maintaining their aggressive edge. Active since 2014, they represent the stylistic evolution possible within the Rhine-Ruhr metal ecosystem.
Steve Bello is a progressive metal solo project from Ramsey, New Jersey, formed in 2011. The project showcases intricate guitar work and compositional depth, operating within the technically demanding and melody-forward tradition of progressive metal.
Intricate Progressive Metal / Shred from Austin.
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