One of Salt Lake City's longest-running metal acts, Katagory V have crafted progressive heavy and power metal since 2001 — ambitious, technically accomplished music with a cinematic, expansive feel.

DeLand, Florida's Kaupe approach progressive metal with a thoughtful, exploratory sensibility, weaving complex structures and dynamic shifts into music that rewards patient listening since their 2018 founding.

San Jose, California's Kevel have been in the heavy fuzz game since 2014, pairing stoner rock's psychedelic warmth with doom metal's glacial pace for a sound that's hazy, heavy, and fully hypnotic.

Portland, Oregon's Keys of Solomon bring a progressive lens to black metal, threading complex song structures and shifting dynamics through the genre's foundational darkness since their 2019 formation.

Houston's Khepera weave progressive ambition through death and thrash metal, drawing on the technical flair of their city's storied extreme metal scene. Their sound rewards patience — dense arrangements that reveal new details on repeated listens.

The Los Angeles incarnation of Killen brings progressive ambition to heavy metal's classic framework, shaping songs that stretch beyond the four-four convention without losing the genre's essential punch.

King Mothership is a rock side project formed in 2020 by Periphery vocalist Spencer Sotelo and drummer Matt Halpern alongside bassist Tai Wright of Slaves, built around material Sotelo had been developing for nearly a decade. Their debut album The Ritual (2020, 3DOT Recordings) draws on theatrical hard rock and progressive funk rather than the djent-influenced sound of Periphery, citing Muse, The Mars Volta, and Queen as touchstones. The project represents a deliberate stylistic departure for both Sotelo and Halpern.

Pioneering progressive metal blending funk, soul, and gospel harmonics with heavy riffs. Musicians' musicians.

Named for the legendary sunken Russian city, Denver's Kitezh has been crafting melodic and progressive death metal since 2011. Their music balances technical ambition with melodic depth, weaving elaborate song structures through the mile-high city's fertile extreme metal scene.