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Actin' Up (2023)
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Will To Power (24-bit HD audio) (2023)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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New Orleans deathcore act Cosmophobe push the genre toward progressive territory, layering complex song structures over crushing breakdowns. Their music carries the dark, humid weight of the city they come from.
Indianapolis groove/progressive metal band Cotopaxi pair heavy, rhythmically locked riffs with the technical ambition of progressive metal. Their songs build tension through dynamic shifts before landing in deeply satisfying pocket grooves.
Chicago progressive metal project weaving dense, technical arrangements with dynamic shifts and melodic ambition. Their sound draws on prog rock's structural imagination while staying rooted in heavy guitar work.
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin outfit pushing thrash through progressive and avant-garde filters, arriving somewhere legitimately strange. Their compositions sprawl in unexpected directions while retaining real aggression.
Portland, Oregon band crafting progressive deathcore with genuine technical ambition and compositional depth. Their sound balances crushing heaviness with melodic and structural complexity.
Pittsburgh progressive death metal act fusing technical guitar work with genuine compositional ambition. Their material shifts between ferocity and melody, drawing on a tradition of thinking person's extreme metal.
Green Bay, Wisconsin outfit blending progressive and technical ambition with death and thrash aggression. Their sound carries a Midwest workmanlike quality — precise, heavy, and built to last.
Reno, Nevada progressive metal act building intricate, melodic material in one of the western United States' more underrepresented heavy music markets. Their compositions favor careful arrangement over raw aggression.
Houston metalcore and progressive death metal act with real compositional range, balancing crushing heaviness against melodic and technical passages. They carry the ambition Houston's heavy music scene has cultivated for decades.
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