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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels groove metal and thrash metal with a focus on crossover-tinged fury with punk's directness and metal's complexity. Formed in 2016, based in Volzhsky, their approach channels the urgency of early Metallica and Slayer.
Groove metal band from the industrial city of Gabrovo in central Bulgaria, laying down heavy, rhythmic riffs since 2020. Their sound channels the muscular, mid-tempo aggression that defines the groove metal genre.
Death/groove metal five-piece from Rome featuring dual guitarists Giuseppe Ciurleo and Giovanni Toto alongside vocalist Luis Maggio, releasing their 2016 debut Blasphemous Godhead through Killerpool Records. Their sound blends death metal technicality with groove metal weight, touching on avant-garde and thrash elements.
Thrash/groove metal and metalcore hybrid from Sion in Switzerland's Valais region, blending multiple aggressive styles since 2011. Their genre-crossing approach draws from thrash speed, groove heaviness, and metalcore dynamics.
Thrash/groove metal act from the Volkswagen city of Wolfsburg, Germany, delivering riff-heavy aggression since 2012. Their approach merges thrash speed with the rhythmic punch of groove metal from Lower Saxony's industrial heartland.
Los Angeles's Eternal Ballers approach groove and thrash metal with a street-level irreverence that cuts against the genre's usual self-seriousness. Formed in 2021 with roots in punk attitude as much as metal technique, they are one of the more entertaining acts in the LA underground.
Groove/thrash metal act from Dessau-Rosslau in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, formed in 2025. Their name evokes an eternal sunrise, driving a sound that merges groove metal's rhythmic power with thrash velocity.
Sweden — groove metal and heavy metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2012, they deal in Pantera-descended heaviness with rhythmic swagger. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Dayton's Eternal Void smashes deathcore and groove metal into a bruising hybrid — the Ohio industrial heartland's frustration channeled into breakdown-heavy punishment since 2017.
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