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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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Slamming brutal death metal stalwarts from Zurich, Switzerland, active since 2006 with a deep catalog spanning releases from Carnal Pleasures through 2018's When Push Comes To Shove. Their sound draws from brutal death metal, grindcore, and slamming beatdown, recorded at Germany's Kohlekeller Studio.
Groove and thrash metal band from Hanover, Germany, emerging in 2025. They deliver heavy grooves and thrash metal velocity from the Lower Saxon capital.
Groove-heavy-thrash act from Stockholm, formed in 2020. Carnareum delivers versatile, riff-driven metal from the Swedish capital.
Carne de Cañón is a Heavy/Groove Metal band from Cuenca, Ecuador, active since 1999. The band released their self-titled full-length in 2018, a 13-track collection that draws together the best of their catalog and showcases a groove-driven sound firmly rooted in the metal tradition of Ecuador's southern sierra. They continue to operate independently out of Cuenca.
Danvers, Massachusetts death metal band incorporating groove metal's rhythmic punch into their sound, favoring mid-paced brutality and thick, churning riff work since 2019.
Death-groove-thrash metal band from Murcia, Spain, active since 2013. They blend heavy grooves with death-thrash aggression from the southeastern Mediterranean coast.
Groove and thrash metal band from Leipzig, Germany, active since 2008. They combine the heavy rhythmic punch of groove metal with thrash metal's speed and aggression.
Lansing groove and thrash hybrid built around punishing mid-tempo riffs and syncopated, headbang-inducing rhythms, blending the mechanical chug of groove metal with thrash's relentless forward drive since 2009.
A Connecticut groove metal act bringing heavy, syncopated riffing and rhythmic aggression to a state with a smaller but dedicated extreme music community, formed in 2022.
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