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Audience is a progressive metal band from Lingen in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2015, exploring the genre's characteristic interplay of complex compositions, dynamic shifts, and technical musicianship. The band brings progressive metal ambition to the Emsland region near the Dutch border.
Portland, Maine avant-garde and progressive metal project. The name merges audio technology with absence, signaling an experimental approach to heavy music from New England's cultural hub.
Newport News, Virginia progressive metal project with four releases since 2012. Neo-Terran Front and Secret Language span a decade of ambitious, sci-fi-influenced prog from the Hampton Roads shipbuilding region.
Auerkallio blends progressive death metal with progressive rock from Tampere since 2011. Their Finnish-language name adds local identity to compositions that bridge the technical demands of death metal with the expansive possibilities of progressive rock.
Augury is a progressive metal band from Andernach on the Rhine in Germany, formed in 2018, navigating the genre's complex song structures and technical demands. The band operates from the historic Rhineland city, contributing to the progressive metal scene in the middle Rhine valley.
August Life explores heavy and progressive metal from the Netherlands since 2018. Their vitality-evoking name suggests the peak of summer — and of creative energy — channeled through technically ambitious compositions.
Los Angeles progressive metal project with twelve releases since 2024. Their rapid-fire output — including the Amor Fati EP drawing on Nietzschean philosophy — builds one of the most prolific prog catalogs in recent LA history.
Aura Scent is a death/thrash metal band with progressive elements hailing from Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2021. Operating in the extreme underground of southern Brazil, they blend the aggression of death and thrash metal with progressive song structures, a combination relatively rare in their coastal Rio Grande do Sul home city.
Aurea delivers progressive and power metal from Genoa since 2005, their Latin name meaning 'golden' reflecting the polished quality of their two-decade body of work. From the Ligurian coast, they craft technically accomplished compositions that shine with melodic brilliance.
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