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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Finnish progressive death metal band from Jämsänkoski, active since 2007. Named after the legendary werewolf, they deliver nearly two decades of lupine progressive death metal.
Moscow-based doom metal act active since 2015, crafting monolithic compositions built on slow-burning riffs and an atmosphere of pervasive heaviness. Their patient approach to songwriting lets each chord ring with crushing finality.
Progressive metal solo project from Kloten, Switzerland, active since 2023. A multi-instrumentalist venture exploring progressive metal's technical and compositional depths.
Finnish melodic heavy/progressive metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2023. They blend Scandinavian melodic metal with progressive structures.
German progressive metal band formed in 2018. They explore complex time signatures and intricate arrangements within a heavy progressive metal context.
German progressive black metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, formed in 2013. They push black metal into progressive territory with complex compositions and unconventional structures.
Progressive death metal outfit from Sweden, formed in 2026. Their material navigates shifting tempos, unconventional song structures, and intricate instrumental interplay while maintaining the genre's essential aggression.
Spanish progressive/southern metal band from Girona in Catalonia, formed in 2012. They blend progressive metal complexity with southern metal grooves for a unique Iberian take on the style.
Progressive metal outfit from Vilnius, formed in 2017. Their work incorporates odd time signatures, extended instrumental passages, and dynamic contrasts that elevate their sound beyond standard metal fare.
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