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Featured Album
Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Versus the World (Bonus Edition) (2015)
05/12 @ 1st SUMMIT ARENA at Cambria County War Memorial, Johnstown
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Dutch progressive metal band formed in 2017, delivering complex, structurally ambitious compositions. Their name captures the last-chance, final-stand energy of their progressive approach.
Swedish progressive metal band from Malmo, crafting technically intricate compositions since 2012. Their tribal name channels the heritage of community and tradition through progressive metal's complex framework.
Greek band from Thessaloniki that evolved from doom metal origins in 2014 into progressive rock territory. Their sonic journey traces a path from crushing heaviness to more expansive, contemplative compositions.
Swedish symphonic progressive metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 2023. Based in Sweden's metal capital, their sound layers orchestral grandeur over technically intricate prog metal frameworks.
British progressive metal/shred artist from Oxford, active since 2019 and delivering technically virtuosic compositions. Their approach blends prog metal's complex structures with shred guitar's blazing precision.
Estonian progressive groove/thrash metal band from Tallinn, blending technical complexity with heavy grooves since 2010. Their approach merges prog-inflected structures with the rhythmic punch of groove and thrash metal.
Ghent-based progressive sludge metal band blending stoner rock, grunge, and progressive elements since 2017. Their lyrics explore space, solitude, and defiance as metaphors for melancholia, delivered through heavy riffing, proggy melodies, and grungy vocals.
French progressive melodic death metal band from Paris, formed in 2022 and blending technical sophistication with melodic hooks. Their approach layers progressive complexity over melodic death metal's harmonic foundation.
Hungarian progressive death metal band from Szeged, crafting technically ambitious compositions since 2008. Named after Stanislaw Lem, their approach brings science-fiction-inspired vision to progressive death metal.
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