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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Lisbon, Portugal — groove metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2025, they deal in Pantera-descended heaviness with rhythmic swagger. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Groove/thrash metal act from Copenhagen, Denmark, delivering electrifying, high-energy aggression since 2010. Their name captures the charged, hellish intensity of their fusion of groove and thrash metal.
Portland's Eleventh Hour carve out a groove-laden take on progressive metal, their rhythmic heaviness setting them apart from the more cerebral end of the genre — formed in 2011 and rooted in the Pacific Northwest's heavy rock tradition.
Heavy/groove metal vocalist from Barcelona, Spain, known for her powerful voice across multiple projects since 2013. Elisa C. Martin's solo work channels the commanding energy and melodic range that define her contributions to the European metal scene.
Dallas's Eloi blend groove metal's hip-swinging heaviness with thrash's aggression, a combination that fits the Texas tradition of metal that wants to move the room as much as destroy it.
Orlando thrash metal project from the Florida underground.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania's Elysion Fields have been working the thrash/groove intersection since 2011 — riffs with real momentum behind them, pushed forward by groove metal's locomotive sense of rhythm.
Multi-genre solo project from Guarda in central Portugal, launched in 2025, blending heavy, groove, and doom metal with electronic elements. Their eclectic approach channels multiple styles from Portugal's highest city.
Death, groove, and thrash metal band from Zagreb, Croatia formed in 2023. They bring a versatile blend of extreme metal from the Croatian capital.
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