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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Sludge metal outfit from London, formed in 2016. Their music moves with the grinding inevitability of industrial machinery, all corroded tones and barely controlled fury.
Groove and thrash metal band from Belgium, active since 2015. Named after the infamous David Lynch character, they pair groove metal's rhythmic punch with thrash metal's velocity.
Groove metal and hardcore band from Vienna, Austria, active since 2016. They combine the rhythmic punch of groove metal with hardcore's confrontational energy.
Bogotah is a groove metal band from São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2014. The band blends heavy rock and metal with grooved riffs and fast passages, drawing comparisons to the southern groove metal sound. They released an EP in 2014 and subsequently put out two full-length albums, including 'Um Brinde Ao Fim do Mundo' promoted during a 2017 tour, and remain active on the Rio de Janeiro live circuit.
Danish thrash/groove metal band from Horsens, formed in 2018. They load up heavy thrash-groove ammunition from the east Jutland coast.
Heavy Blackened Death Metal from Houston.
Finnish groove metal band from Helsinki, active since 2006. With two decades of mechanical grooves, they are a veteran of the Finnish groove metal scene.
Spanish melodic death/groove metal and metalcore band from Mieres in Asturias, formed in 2012. They blend three aggressive styles with melodic sensibility from the Asturian mining valleys.
Groove metal outfit from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2016. They deliver thick, chugging riffs and head-nodding rhythmic grooves built for live-show impact.
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