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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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Thrash/groove metal band from Coimbra, Portugal, fusing thrash velocity with groove metal's rhythmic heaviness. Their base in Portugal's historic university city adds intellectual weight to their aggressive sound.
Groove/thrash metal band from Madrid, Spain active since 2007. With nearly two decades of experience, they are a fixture of the Madrid thrash scene.
Gothenburg, Sweden — death metal and groove metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2015, they deal in percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Belfast, United Kingdom — groove metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2019, they deal in Pantera-descended heaviness with rhythmic swagger. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Appleton, Wisconsin's Evoked blend the sludgy groove and hip-hop-inflected rhythms of nu-metal with heavy metal's structural muscle and hard rock's melodic instincts, forming in 2014. Their sound bridges the mid-2000s crossover appeal that made heavy music accessible to mainstream rock audiences, reimagined for a modern midwest setting.
Death, groove, and thrash metal band from Yvetot in Normandy, France, active since 2016. They deliver a versatile blend of extreme metal styles from the Seine-Maritime region.
Death metal, groove metal, and melodic death metal band from Loimaa, Finland formed in 2019. They bring a diverse blend of death metal styles from southwestern Finland.
Death/groove metal act from Aachen, Germany, with roots stretching back to 1980, making them one of the oldest metal bands in the country. Their four-decade career represents an extraordinary longevity in the German extreme metal underground.
When Ex Machina emerged in 2012 from London, they brought with them a sound rooted in groove metal and industrial metal — all factory-floor percussion married to distorted guitar punishment. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
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