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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Milan's Star Crossed merge power, progressive, and thrash metal since 2020. Their Shakespeare-borrowed name of doomed fate adds literary weight to their multi-genre approach from Italy's largest city.
Starchilde explore the intricate landscapes of progressive metal from Washington, Tyne and Wear. Founded in 2020, their compositions favor flowing arrangements and melodic sophistication over brute force.
Verona's Stargate deliver power and progressive metal from the Venetian plains since 2026. Their science-fiction name channels cosmic themes through technically ambitious compositions from the city of Romeo and Juliet.
State of Dystopia craft melodic progressive metal from the eastern Finnish cities of Kuopio and Iisalmi, building elaborate compositions that envision a broken future. Active since 2015, they bring dystopian ambition to the Savo region.
Statue forge progressive heavy, power, and thrash metal from Kerava in the Helsinki metropolitan area, building ambitious compositions that combine three classic metal styles. Formed in 2023, they bring monumental, statue-like grandeur to the Finnish scene.
Steal My Hope craft progressive metal from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, building intricate compositions that explore the theft of optimism. Formed in 2020, they bring Arctic-circle progressivism to the Finnish metal landscape.
Steam Slicer craft progressive metal from the university city of Heidelberg, building intricate compositions with the mechanical precision their industrial name suggests. Formed in 2023, they bring cerebral ambition to the Rhine-Neckar progressive scene.
Melodic progressive metal band from Ghent, formed in 2021, crafting intricate compositions that balance technical ambition with melodic accessibility. Their name, Dutch for "alley murder," contrasts their sophisticated musical approach with a darkly evocative title.
Steorrah craft progressive death metal from the Bonn/Siegen corridor, building technically demanding compositions that push beyond conventional death metal structures. Active since 2010, they represent the cerebral, boundary-pushing end of the Rhineland extreme scene.
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