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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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New York City groove metal supergroup featuring members of Dream Theater and Symphony X. High-profile musicians channeling prog pedigree into stripped-down, aggressive metal.
Palmyra/Middletown, Pennsylvania groove metal project. The name blends adrenaline with morphine — stimulation and sedation in chemical equilibrium.
Adversary is a death metal band from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their 2009 full-length "A Bright Cut Across Velvet Sky" is a fifteen-track deep cut of underground death metal from the desert Southwest.
Half Moon Bay, California groove metal project channeling coastal fog into heavy, rhythmically driven music from the Pacific shoreline.
Los Angeles groove metal and progressive project. The Latin name — meaning 'heat' or 'tide' — channels LA's dual nature of sunshine and ocean.
Affluenza delivers groove metal from London since 2015, their socioeconomic-disease name adding satirical commentary to their rhythmically driven heaviness. Their approach channels the wealth-sickness of the English capital through crushing grooves.
After Forest blends groove and progressive metal from Vaasa on Finland's western coast since 2012, creating a rhythmically complex yet accessible sound. Their arboreal name and Ostrobothnian origins connect them to Finland's vast forest landscapes.
Afterself channels groove metal from Poznań since 2021. Their introspective name — suggesting what remains after the self is stripped away — drives rhythmically heavy compositions from western Poland.
AfterShock is a thrash metal band with roots in Honolulu, Hawaii, later based in San Francisco. Their 2020 full-length "RiSk - High-Risk Behavior" brings an island-to-mainland thrash metal attack across eleven tracks.
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