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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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Death-groove metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2020. They blend death metal aggression with heavy grooves from the French capital.
Lincoln Park, Michigan groove and thrash band fusing mid-tempo, headbang-ready groove riffs with thrash's caustic bite, rooted firmly in the blue-collar Michigan metal tradition.
Queens, New York groove and heavy metal act carrying the borough's working-class grit through heavy mid-tempo riffs and a street-hardened edge forged in the New York underground.
Groove metal band from El Masnou near Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2015. They deliver heavy, rhythm-driven grooves from the Catalan coast.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina death and groove metal band fusing head-snapping mid-tempo grooves with death metal's extremity, anchored in the Southeast's underground metal circuit.
Northern Virginia groove/thrash act Croatoan harness the hard-hitting mid-tempo chug of groove metal and the velocity of thrash, taking their name from the enduring colonial mystery carved at Roanoke.
Lexington, Kentucky groove/sludge outfit Crone channel the Southern underground's taste for thick, swampy riffs and churning mid-tempo aggression into a hard-edged and visceral sound.
Groove metal band from Cuneo, Piedmont, formed in 2016. Crop Circle delivers heavy, rhythmically-driven grooves from the foothills of the Maritime Alps.
Seattle black metal/hardcore act Cross fuse the bleak intensity of black metal atmosphere with the visceral directness of hardcore punk, part of the Pacific Northwest's sprawling extreme underground.
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