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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Groove metal band from Dublin, formed in 2022. Clay Pigeon deals in heavy, rhythmically-driven grooves rooted in the Dublin metal underground.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Aberdeen, Scotland, formed in 2016. They blend heavy grooves with metalcore breakdowns from the Granite City.
Groove metal band from Pettenbach, Austria, formed in 2020. They forge heavy, rhythmic grooves with crushing riffs, drawing from the power of bands like Pantera and Lamb of God.
Kenai, Alaska's Clench make death/groove metal in one of the most remote heavy metal scenes in the country, grinding out heavy, mid-tempo riffs far from any major touring circuit. Their isolation seems to fuel a particular ferocity and independence.
Groove-thrash metal band from Nice, France, active since 2007. They combine heavy grooves with thrash aggression from the French Riviera.
Melodic death-groove metal band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2012. They blend melodic death metal harmonies with heavy grooves from northern Finland.
A progressive metal outfit from the Philadelphia suburb of Broomall, Pennsylvania, Clockwork blended symphonic prog complexity with technical metal muscle, drawing comparisons to Yes and Dream Theater. Their lone album Surface Tension showcased lush keyboards, intricate rhythms, and soaring guitar melodies.
Experimental doom-groove metal band from Middlesbrough, England, formed in 2021. They push doom and groove metal boundaries through unconventional approaches.
Melodic death/groove metal act from the small Värmland town of Hagfors, formed in 2018 and weaving melody through rhythmic heaviness. Their blend of accessibility and aggression draws from both Scandinavian melodeath and modern groove metal.
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