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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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Progressive metal band from London, England, formed in 2023, exploring the resonant frequencies between progressive complexity and metallic heaviness. They bring fresh progressive ambition to the London metal scene.
Progressive metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2022, crafting elaborate progressive metal from the Swedish capital. They bring technical ambition to Stockholm's diverse metal scene.
Progressive thrash metal band from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2021, combining progressive complexity with thrash metal aggression from the historic university city. They bring cerebral thrash to the Uppsala scene.
Progressive metal band from Sevastopol, Ukraine, formed in 2021, crafting ambitious progressive compositions from the Crimean port city. They bring supernatural intensity to Ukrainian progressive metal.
Progressive metal band from Seinajoki, Finland, formed in 2021, exploring the sonic space beyond conventional metal through progressive compositions. They share their Ostrobothnian hometown with fellow progressivists Panssarilaiva.
Progressive, doom, and post-metal band from Reading, England, formed in 2024, crafting dynamic compositions that traverse multiple heavy music territories. They blend progressive ambition with the weight of doom and post-metal.
Progressive and folk metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020, weaving Greek folk traditions into progressive metal frameworks. They create a uniquely Hellenic blend of folk and progressive metal.
Paris's Pendrak has been grinding at the intersection of death metal and grindcore since 2015. Their French capital base places them amid one of Europe's most active and diverse extreme metal communities, where grind and death flourish in underground venues.
Progressive and symphonic metal band from Sintra, Portugal, formed in 2013, crafting elaborate compositions from the fairy-tale town near Lisbon. They bring orchestral ambition to the Portuguese metal scene.
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