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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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California's Death Protocol formed in 2025 at the crossroads of groove and thrash metal, laying down heaviness with an almost militaristic precision and locked-in rhythm. A new force arriving with clear intent and a fully loaded arsenal.
Death Receipt is a thrash/groove metal band from Tunzenberg, Germany, formed in 2022. They deliver heavy grooves and razor-sharp thrash riffs from the Bavarian underground.
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania's Death Rising blend groove metal's heaviness with stoner metal's hazy, slow-burning swagger — a combination that hits like a tire iron wrapped in smoke. Rolling slow and heavy through the Pennsylvania hills since 2021.
Waupaca, Wisconsin's Deathagent bring groove metal's knuckle-dragging rhythmic lockstep to a small-city scene that rarely gets credit for the heaviness it produces. They've been drilling that mid-tempo pocket into the ground since 2016.
Deathalation is a thrash/groove metal band from Bochum, Germany, formed in 2015. They hammer out groovy, aggressive thrash from the heart of the Ruhr region.
Deathalium plays groove metal from Lappeenranta near the Russian border, active since 2019 and delivering heavy, rhythm-driven compositions from eastern Finland. Their name's chemical-element styling suggests a newly discovered heavy element — appropriately, given the weight of their sound.
Phoenix's Deathgrip deal in groove metal built for the pit — heavy mid-tempo riffs, locked-in rhythm, and the kind of relentless forward drive that makes the desert heat feel even more punishing. They've been at it since 2016.
DeathMetalKyle plays groove metal from Oslo, active since 2019 and wrapping genre-subverting humor in a surprisingly personable, first-name-basis band name. Their self-aware approach to heavy, rhythm-driven metal adds a distinctly modern sensibility to traditional groove.
Deathpot is a heavy/groove metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2017. They serve up heavy grooves from the French capital.
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