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Eschatology of War (2021)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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Progressive and doom metal act from the Danube city of Smederevo formed in 2017, merging the structural ambition of progressive metal with doom's crushing weight. Their sound balances cerebral complexity with the slow-burning power of heavy riffs.
Progressive death metal band from Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany, formed in 2018. They merge technical complexity and dynamic songwriting with the heavy foundation of death metal.
Progressive heavy-thrash band from Turin, formed in 2016. Caravanseraj blends Balkan-influenced progressive elements with thrash aggression from Piedmont.
Progressive groove-thrash metal band from Le Havre, France, formed in 2021. They blend progressive complexity with heavy grooves and thrash aggression from the Norman port city.
Progressive melodic death metal project from Catanzaro, Calabria, formed in 2024. Cardaemort brings technical ambition to southern Italy's extreme metal scene.
Progressive melodic death metal act from Smolensk, western Russia, active since 2012. Cardinal Points blends technical ambition with melodic death metal from the historic border city.
Progressive metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2014. They craft intricate, dynamic compositions with technical sophistication from the Danish capital.
Progressive metal solo artist from Galicia, Spain, active since 2016. He crafts intricate, technically accomplished progressive metal from northwestern Spain.
Progressive black-groove metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2023. They blend progressive complexity with black metal darkness and heavy grooves.
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