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Antropos is a Brazilian groove metal and metalcore band formed in 2020, blending the heavy mid-tempo rhythms and chugging riffs of groove metal with the melodic structures and dynamic range characteristic of metalcore. Active within Brazil's contemporary underground scene, the band represents the country's ongoing absorption and reinterpretation of international heavy subgenres through a distinctly South American lens. They distribute their music independently through Bandcamp.
Canton, Ohio groove metal project named after a Between the Buried and Me track, emerging in 2025 with two releases. Doomworld Technologik blends industrial and metal influences for a sound that matches their dystopian name.
Baltimore groove metal and metalcore project whose 2017 demo captures raw, unpolished aggression from Charm City's heavy underground. The Egyptian mythology motif paired with 'unbound' suggests a band breaking free from genre constraints.
Aoidos channels groove and black metal from Coimbra since 2020. Named after the oral poets of ancient Greece, they bring bardic tradition to an unlikely genre combination from Portugal's student city.
Des Moines, Iowa groove metal project whose 2014 debut Paranoid Fiction channels Midwestern alienation through heavy, rhythmically driven metal. The name captures a very specific modern malaise — feeling nothing in a world demanding constant engagement.
California groove metal project whose 2025 single In the galaxy, hides mystical dreams blends cosmic wonder with heavy grooves. The compressed, lowercase name and poetic title signal a band reaching beyond genre conventions.
Aphellium creates melodic groove metal and metalcore from Warsaw since 2018. Their astronomical name — referencing the point farthest from the sun — drives compositions that explore the distance between melody and aggression.
Aphid delivers melodic groove metal from Tralee in County Kerry, one of Ireland's westernmost towns and an unlikely hotbed for metal since their 2007 formation. Their insectile name belies the muscular, hook-laden heaviness they bring from the rural southwest.
Aphrenety has evolved from thrash, death, and groove metal into a black and death metal combination from Wolfsburg, the Volkswagen city, since 2021. Their name, suggesting a frenetic loss of reason, drives their Lower Saxony-bred extremity through multiple stylistic phases.
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