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Syndrome craft progressive metal from Vantaa, building intricate compositions that diagnose and explore complex musical themes. Active since 2013, they bring clinical precision to the Finnish capital region's progressive scene.
Syndrone push progressive metal and shred from Basel, showcasing virtuosic guitar work and complex arrangements that prioritize technical mastery. Their instrumentally driven sound channels the ambitious spirit of progressive metal's most dexterous practitioners.
Malmo's Synekrosis deliver death metal from Sweden's third city since 2018. Their Greek-derived name referencing cellular death channels the biological process of tissue necrosis into compositions of Skane-bred extremity.
Progressive deathcore band from Toms River, New Jersey, formed in 2016, blending the breakdowns and vocal extremity of deathcore with the compositional ambition and dynamic shifts of progressive metal.
Blackened death metal and deathcore band from Sale Creek, Tennessee, formed in 2013, fusing the darkness of black metal with death metal aggression and the structural intensity of deathcore.
Progressive/technical death metal band from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, formed in 2015, channeling the intellectually demanding side of death metal through shifting time signatures and technically intricate arrangements.
Pittsburgh power and progressive metal band formed in 2015, drawing on the melodic ambition and technical sophistication that define the intersection of those two genres.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, formed in 2015, rooted in the hard rock and classic thrash tradition with a Midwestern directness to their approach.
Relentless Thrash / Groove Metal out of Texas.
Moscow's Synkletos have been pairing melodic doom and death metal since 2011. Their Greek-derived name meaning "senate" or "assembly" channels the authority of collective judgment into over a decade of compositions that merge melody with funereal weight.
Death/doom metal band from Mount Prospect, Illinois, formed in 2022, delivering the suffocating combination of cavernous death metal heaviness and doom metal's funeral pace that defines the death-doom subgenre.
Boston alternative and progressive metal band formed in 2020, blending the angular songwriting of alternative metal with the extended compositions and tonal exploration of progressive metal.
Synode channels black metal from the Aquitaine corridor between Bordeaux and Hendaye, active since 2012. Their name, meaning 'synod,' borrows religious assembly terminology to frame black metal steeped in anti-clerical and occult themes.
Atmospheric black metal band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed in 2017, crafting vast, celestial soundscapes that evoke cosmic desolation through layered tremolo guitars and sweeping ambient textures.
Long-running death metal and deathcore band from Chisago City, Minnesota, formed in 1986, one of the rare acts to span the original death metal era and evolve into the modern deathcore landscape over nearly four decades of activity.
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