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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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German black metal and ambient project originating in Saxony in 2012, blending atmospheric black metal with ambient soundscapes. Their dual approach bridges the gap between black metal's abrasive fury and ambient music's meditative expansiveness.
French groove/heavy metal band from Nantes, delivering riff-heavy, rhythmically punishing music since 2010. Their Lebowski-inspired name signals a laid-back attitude that belies the crushing weight of their groove metal.
German death/black metal act from Wilhelmshaven, merging death metal's visceral brutality with black metal's atmospheric menace since 2011. Their sound occupies the aggressive intersection where both extreme genres collide.
Named for the terrifying owl-witch of Mexican folklore, Lechuza channel that mythological dread into raw black metal that is deliberately abrasive and relentlessly malevolent.
Dayton, Ohio's Lectoblix work in the atmospheric post-black metal space where cascading melody and harsh aggression coexist — a nuanced sound built up carefully since 2012.
Swedish symphonic progressive metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 2023. Based in Sweden's metal capital, their sound layers orchestral grandeur over technically intricate prog metal frameworks.
Serbian atmospheric post-metal band from Novi Sad, crafting expansive, immersive compositions since 2020. Their name, meaning 'glacier,' captures the slow-moving, monumental character of their atmospheric post-metal.
British progressive metal/shred artist from Oxford, active since 2019 and delivering technically virtuosic compositions. Their approach blends prog metal's complex structures with shred guitar's blazing precision.
Kansas City's Leech have been parasitically draining the life from the sludge metal template since 1997, one feedback-drenched, slow-motion assault at a time.
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