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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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Raster Density is a progressive/brutal death metal band from Jyväskylä in central Finland, active since 2012. The band merges progressive complexity with brutal death metal extremity from the Finnish lake district.
Progressive/gothic metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2020. Their approach combines progressive complexity with gothic metal's dark elegance.
Ravine is a progressive thrash/death metal band from Freiberg in Saxony, Germany, active since 2013. The band merges the complexity of progressive metal with the aggression of thrash and death from the historic mining city of the Erzgebirge foothills.
Progressive death/black/sludge metal band from Pomerania, Poland, formed in 2024. Their ambitious four-genre approach pushes extreme metal into progressive territory from the Baltic coast.
Multi-genre Athens band with a complex evolution through technical death metal, thrash/progressive metal, and folk rock phases since 2020. Their stylistic range reflects ambitious creative vision.
Progressive post-metal band from Città di Castello in Umbria, Italy, formed in 2025. Their approach blends progressive complexity with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness from the Tiber Valley.
Raze the Void is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Essex, England, active since 2016. The band merges progressive complexity with melodic death metal from east of London.
RCO is a black metal project from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2024 and incorporating punk, crossover, and progressive influences into its black metal foundation. The project represents Cyprus's small but growing contribution to Mediterranean extreme metal.
Re-Mind is a progressive metal band from Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2019. The band explores complex arrangements and intricate musicianship within the progressive metal framework.
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