New York's Castevet bring a post-hardcore edge to black metal's dissonant framework, threading progressive song structures through bleak, abrasive soundscapes that reward patient listening.

Michigan's Castles in Spain weave power metal's melodic grandeur into a progressive framework, favoring elaborate song structures and dynamic shifts over pure speed or blunt aggression.

Akron, Ohio metalcore/thrash hybrid combining the breakdown-driven aggression of metalcore with the driving riff velocity of thrash.

Catamount explores progressive metal territory with complex song structures, shifting time signatures, and interlocking guitar and bass arrangements that reflect Chicago's fertile prog and jazz-influenced music scene. Their compositions reward close listening, favoring atmosphere and technicality over brute force.

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Denver instrumental progressive metal trio driven by complex guitar riffs, intricate rhythms, and theatrical melodic arcs with a cinematic approach to heavy music.

Technical dissonant death metal signed to Willowtip Records. Their sound draws from Obscura-era Gorguts and Immolation, with members Ian Bishop, Chris Hillam, and Sam Kang forming the core lineup since 2012.

An Arkansas progressive metal project from Siloam Springs blending black metal atmosphere with prog-metal song structures and technical musicianship.

San Diego's most brutal export, fusing blistering deathgrind with progressive song structures and ferocious vocal range, evolving from raw gore-grind into technically devastating albums like Monolith of Inhumanity and Death Atlas while maintaining their uncompromising pro-animal, anti-human lyrical stance.