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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's Lest We Forget began as deathcore bruisers before expanding into progressive metalcore territory — their evolution mirrors the slow, deliberate weight of their Steel Belt hometown.
One of America's longest-running progressive power metal acts, Lethal have been crafting keyboard-laced, melodically adventurous heavy metal from Hebron, Kentucky since the mid-1960s — a true institutional presence.
Atlanta's Levitation soar through progressive power metal with a Southern confidence, pairing intricate arrangements and dynamic shifts with the kind of clean vocal muscle that fills Georgia arenas.
A progressive metal supergroup featuring members of Dream Theater and Rudess, Liquid Tension Experiment trades in technical extravagance and jaw-dropping instrumental interplay.
Portland's Lividus pull from melodic death, progressive, and thrash metal, building technically ambitious compositions that reward close listening with layered, shifting dynamics.
Intricate Extreme Progressive Metal from Fort Worth.
Chicago's Lorus have been building intricate, technically demanding progressive metal since 2010, favoring compositional depth and rhythmic complexity over brute force.
Pittsburgh's Lowstate forge progressive and thrash metal into something angular and driving, elevating technical ambition with blue-collar tightness since forming in 2013.
Technical Progressive Metal out of Texas.
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