An Atlanta-based progressive metal solo project that only came into existence in 2026, Gabriel Holbrook channels the forward-thinking spirit of modern prog into a personal, introspective sound.

Tacoma, Washington's Galactic Black blend progressive ambition with the tar-thick weight of sludge metal, a combination that suggests vast, dissonant landscapes rather than earthbound riffage. Formed in 2022.

Major progressive metal act from Houston. Multiple albums on Metal Blade and DGC Records.

Toledo, Ohio's Galactic Mechanics have spent over a decade — since 2011 — constructing progressive death metal that rewards careful listening, mixing technical intricacy with the raw force of extreme metal.

Bartlesville, Oklahoma's Galaxia blend electronic textures into their progressive metal framework, a combination that sets them apart from the genre's more conventional end. Formed in 2019.

Brutal Melodic Death Metal from College Station.

Seattle's Gallows Hymn blend progressive and folk metal into something intricate and emotionally expansive, threading acoustic textures through complex arrangements with patience and craft. Since 2019, they've occupied a thoughtful corner of the Pacific Northwest metal scene.

Lake County, Illinois quartet Garden of Darkness blends gothic gloom, power metal ambition, and progressive architecture into a dramatic and ornate style that emerged in 2020. Equal parts darkness and grandeur, they occupy an unusually wide corner of heavy music.

Santa Cruz, California's Gargantula has been spinning its web since 2015, weaving together progressive, stoner, doom, and death metal into something strange and sprawling. Their compositions wander freely across tempos and moods, held together by a psychedelic, spidery sensibility.