New York's Hung take the melodic and progressive side of death metal seriously, building dense, shifting compositions since 2014 that reward repeated listens. Technically ambitious without losing sight of the riff.

New York progressive metal act whose layered song structures and shifting time signatures reward patient listeners, building elaborate compositions that carry the density of glacial formations in slow, inevitable motion.

Tarrytown, New York progressive metal band Klepsydra formed in 2016 with an ear for labyrinthine song structures and expansive dynamics. Sitting in the shadow of New York City, their work reflects the ambitious, searching quality of the region's prog-minded metal underground.

A progressive metal supergroup featuring members of Dream Theater and Rudess, Liquid Tension Experiment trades in technical extravagance and jaw-dropping instrumental interplay.

Brooklyn-based Misha Kushnir is a solo project combining the melodic grandeur of power metal with the compositional ambition of progressive metal, offering technically accomplished material shaped by the cosmopolitan influences of New York City's diverse metal community since 2018.

Based in Farmingdale, New York, Monolith Zero formed in 2020 and pursue progressive metal with an emphasis on layered composition and dynamic shifts, channeling Long Island's quiet suburbs into expansive instrumental architecture.

Moon Tooth is a Long Island progressive metal band formed in 2013, known for sophisticated songwriting that incorporates jazz-influenced rhythms, soulful vocal performances, and dynamic shifts that reward patient listeners. They have built a devoted following through relentless touring and a sound that feels genuinely distinct within American progressive metal.

New York's Myriad, also a veteran act dating to 1996, pursues progressive metal with the genre's characteristic emphasis on shifting time signatures, extended compositions, and technical guitar work that rewards close, attentive listening.

Born on Long Island in 2018, Necropolis carves through crossover thrash and progressive metal territory with the unruly energy of classic hardcore and the technical ambition of modern thrash. Their sound mashes pit-ready riffs against shifting time signatures in a way that refuses easy genre placement.