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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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Groove metal band from Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, Spain, formed in 2014. They deliver heavy, rhythm-driven metal from the volcanic Atlantic island.
Formed in 2024 in Coventry, Rhode Island, Calling the Eternal meld groove and thrash metal with metalcore tendencies into a hard-hitting, contemporary hybrid sound.
Groove-thrash act from Zoetermeer, South Holland, formed in 2026. Callous Intent represents the newest wave of Dutch thrash metal.
Groove-thrash metal band from Barnsley, England, formed in 2017. They combine heavy grooves with thrash speed from the South Yorkshire coalfields.
Calvario is a groove metal and metalcore band from Ituzaingo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, active since 2016. The band self-released their debut self-titled album through their Bandcamp page, establishing a heavy, riff-driven sound that sits between the rhythmic punch of groove metal and the aggressive structures of metalcore. They remain an active presence in the Buenos Aires underground metal circuit.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Leeds, England, active since 2010. They deliver heavy grooves and breakdowns from the heart of Yorkshire.
Groove-thrash band from Barletta in Puglia, southern Italy, active since 2005. Cancrena — Italian for 'gangrene' — has delivered two decades of aggressive, riff-driven metal.
Death-groove act from Stavropol in the North Caucasus, formed in 2017. Cancroid channels rhythmically-driven extreme metal from southern Russia.
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