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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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Progressive groove metal act from Budapest, formed in 2015. Continoom blends heavy grooves with progressive structures and dynamic range across their multifaceted sound.
Waterbury, Connecticut death/groove/thrash metal band fusing the rhythmic propulsion of groove metal with thrash aggression and death metal's darker tonality. Their sound hits hard with a focus on riff memorability and rhythmic punch.
Fort Worth, Texas groove metal band built around heavy, mid-paced riffing and a powerful rhythmic bottom end. Their Texas roots inform a no-nonsense approach to heavy music that prioritizes feel and impact.
Riverside, California groove/thrash metal band blending the heavy rhythmic attack of groove metal with the speed and aggression of thrash. Their approach leans into the rhythm section, building songs around crushing, syncopated riff patterns.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Valencia, Spain, formed in 2020. They blend heavy grooves with metalcore dynamics from the Mediterranean coast.
Death and groove metal act from Piatra Neamt formed in 2018, blending crushing heaviness with rhythmic power from the eastern Carpathian foothills. Their dual approach draws from both extreme and modern metal traditions.
Groove metal act from Nizhny Novgorod, formed in 2016. Contrabandist delivers heavy, riff-driven grooves from the Volga river city.
Melodic death-groove metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2021. They blend melodic guitar work with heavy grooves and death metal aggression.
Groove-thrash band from Tarvisio near the Austrian and Slovenian borders, active since 1997. Contrasto — Italian for 'contrast' — is one of Friuli's longest-running metal acts with nearly three decades of output.
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