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Eschatology of War (2021)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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Progressive black metal project from London, formed in 2026. Their Slavic-rooted name accompanies boundary-pushing progressive black metal from the UK capital.
Progressive black metal project from Nottingham, England, formed in 2020. The project pushes black metal into progressive, boundary-crossing territory from the East Midlands.
Progressive death/black metal band from Hønefoss, Norway, formed in 2019. Their approach pushes death and black metal into progressive territory from the Buskerud town.
Progressive metal band from Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland, active since 2010. Their long-running project delivers technically ambitious compositions from the Lubuskie capital.
Ryse is a progressive metal band from Sundern in the Sauerland region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2022. The band explores complex progressive metal from the forested hills of eastern Westphalia.
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