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Formed in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2015, Dreichmere weave together the ferocity of black and death metal with the structural ambition of progressive metal — a combination that produces music both technically demanding and atmospherically dense. Their progressive black/death approach resists easy categorization, pushing past genre convention into something distinctly their own.

Technically stunning power metal from Houston.

Formed in Indianapolis in 2017, Drude constructs dense, tension-filled music at the intersection of progressive metal's compositional ambition and sludge metal's weight. Their sound leans into long-form structures that shift between calculated complexity and crushing heaviness, reflecting the Midwest's tradition of bands that refuse easy genre categorization.

Lewisville, Texas-based Duality formed in 2020 with a sound that pushes progressive and melodic death metal into ambitious, technically demanding territory. Layered song structures and melodic guitar work give their death metal a cinematic quality uncommon for a band so early in their existence. They represent the thoughtful, arrangement-conscious strand of the DFW metal underground.

A solo technical and progressive death metal project based in Portland, Oregon, Dustin Behm has been releasing intricate, guitar-forward material since 2017, pushing the genre's compositional boundaries with dense arrangements and demanding musicianship.

A progressive metal project from Wilmington, Massachusetts active since 2015, Dyhanna explores the genre's melodic and technical dimensions with a compositionally ambitious approach that draws on the full dynamic range between delicacy and full-throated heaviness.

Utica, New York guitarist and composer Dylan Backman has been releasing melodic progressive metal and shred-oriented instrumental work since 2019, combining neoclassical technique with progressive metal's structural ambition in a project that foregrounds virtuosity as a primary creative vehicle.

Atlanta-based progressive metal project founded in 2018, Dylan Maxwell crafts technically ambitious and melodically layered metal that draws on the genre's introspective and compositionally dense traditions. The solo-driven project pursues complex arrangements that set it apart from the city's heavier underground scene.