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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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A three-piece groove metal band from Beerzel in Antwerp province, Destroy Humanity describe their own sound as gnarly riffs and thunderous grooves delivered with raw, unrelenting energy. The band distributes their music independently via Bandcamp and Spotify, carving out a heavy, riff-driven niche in the Belgian groove metal underground.
Destroy My Enemy is a groove metal and metalcore band from Mogilev, Belarus, active since 2013, incorporating thrash and melodic death metal elements into their aggressive sound. With albums like 'No Place For The Liar,' they deliver tight, riff-driven compositions with a modern edge.
Destroy the Silence is a groove metal band from Říčany, Czech Republic, formed in 2017. They channel heavy, rhythmic riffs and crushing grooves in the tradition of modern groove metal.
Destroyers of All plays progressive death/groove metal from the university city of Coimbra, active since 2013 and living up to their absolutist name through technically accomplished, genre-spanning compositions. Their ambitious approach combines progressive complexity with death metal's weight and groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Chicago's Destroythm have been cooking a hybrid of death, thrash, and groove metal since 2014 — a combination that leans into the punishing rhythmic mechanics at all three subgenres' cores. The groove element gives their material a physical snap that keeps the brutality anchored and danceable.
Determined is a thrash/groove metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, active since 2011. They combine thrash metal's speed with groove metal's rhythmic power.
Dethrilled is a groove and stoner metal band from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2024. The project blends heavy groove riffing with stoner metal.
Deversal is a doom and groove metal band from Tyumen, Russia, formed in 2016. The project merges doom metal's weight with groove metal's rhythmic punch from western Siberia.
Deviant is a death/groove metal band from Nantes, France, active since 2014. They deliver deviant grooves and death metal from the Loire estuary.
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