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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Groove-thrash act from Amsterdam, formed in 2017. Cozzy delivers heavy, riff-driven aggression from the Dutch capital.
Groove metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2011. They deliver heavy, rhythm-driven metal from the Finnish capital.
Groove metal band from Maia in the Porto metropolitan area, active since 2015. Crackdown delivers heavy, rhythmically-driven grooves from northern Portugal.
Louisville, Kentucky outfit blending groove and thrash metal with experimental tendencies that push their sound into genuinely unpredictable territory. Their compositions carry Kentucky's heavy underground spirit while defying easy categorization.
Craneo is a thrash/death/groove metal band from Corrientes, Argentina, whose lineup includes Walter Gómez on vocals, Ariel Flores on guitar, David Vallejos on bass, and Ariel Duarte on drums. They released a six-track demo in March 2020 and appeared on the compilations "Medellín Death Zone Vol. 1" and "Death To Capitalist Grind Volume One" with tracks including "Cura crucificado" and "Eres cadáver".
Maywood, New Jersey act cutting across death metal, groove metal, and thrash with a sound built on rhythmic force and density. Their material hits with a blunt, physical impact.
Progressive groove-thrash act from Moscow, active since 2014. Crash Atlantic blends technical complexity with aggressive metal from the Russian capital.
Green Bay, Wisconsin outfit working in the djent-adjacent groove metal space, built on polyrhythmic riffing and rhythmic precision. Their material favors low-end density and locked-in, mechanical heaviness.
Groove-heavy-thrash act from Uppsala, active since 2007. Crawley has spent nearly two decades delivering versatile, riff-driven metal from the historic university city.
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