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Necromanteum (2023)
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Vertigo (Sunbather: 10th Anniversary Remix / Remaster) (2023)
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Featured Power Metal Album
We Three Kings (Metal Holiday) (2015)
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Los Angeles progressive/doom metal outfit Circle of Sighs build lengthy, emotionally complex compositions that move through shifting dynamics and melancholic atmosphere. Their sound blends the heaviness of doom with the ambitious structure of progressive metal.
Los Angeles experimental progressive metal act Civil Defiance push beyond conventional song structures, blending odd meters and dissonant harmonic choices into something deliberately off-axis. Their music challenges as much as it rewards.
A solo metal project out of Walnut Creek, California, Cloudbeast combines death metal's brutality with progressive and doom-influenced textures. Their demos suggest a project constantly in motion, willing to pull from thrash and darkness equally.
Glendale, California's Collusion blends classic heavy metal songwriting with progressive ambition, threading melodic sensibility through complex structures in a way that draws from both the LA scene's commercial roots and its progressive outliers.
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Oakland's Conqueror Worm channel Poe-esque dread into a progressive black metal framework, weaving dissonant, intellectually restless compositions that push beyond genre convention.
Lucerne Valley, CA death metal outfit that layers progressive song structures over technically demanding riffwork. Their sound blurs the line between brutality and cerebral complexity.
Los Angeles progressive metal band that explores texture and dynamics within a heavy framework. Their sound is exploratory and expansive, built for listeners who want their metal with room to breathe.
Santa Rosa, CA progressive death metal band that channels technical heaviness through sophisticated song architecture. Their music rewards close listening with layers of complexity beneath the surface brutality.
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