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Alternative progressive metal four-piece from Angers, France, formed in 2016, drawing comparisons to Tool, Meshuggah, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. Their albums Anemoia and Ignoramus explore themes of environmental destruction and human consciousness through math-metal complexity and groove-driven heaviness.
Groove/sludge metal band from Ubeda in Jaen province, formed in 2016 and delivering thick, rhythmically punishing compositions from inland Andalusia. Their abbreviated Basque-influenced name adds a distinctive identity to their heavy sound.
Groove/death metal band from Kassel in Hesse, active since 2009 and delivering heavy, rhythmically driven compositions for over fifteen years. Their Japanese-named project pairs groove metal's crushing weight with death metal's aggression.
Thrash/groove/death metal band from Lempaala near Tampere, formed in 2025 with a Finnish name meaning "hand of death." Their triple-genre approach delivers lethal heaviness from the Pirkanmaa region.
Kurcuma is a thrash and groove metal band from Don Bosco, Buenos Aires, formed in 2021. They released two demos in their debut year — "Ojos Rojos" and "Las Puertas" — and followed up with a self-titled EP in August 2022 available on Bandcamp. The band operates as an independent act rooted in the Buenos Aires underground metal scene.
When Kuroi emerged in 2009 from Verona, they brought with them a sound rooted in groove metal — all thick, muscular guitar tone married to body-moving rhythms. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Sludge/groove metal band from Kolding in southern Denmark, formed in 2020 and delivering thick, rhythmically heavy compositions. Their Danish name meaning "strangled" or "choked" reflects the suffocating weight of their sound.
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Groove/southern metal band from the Lahr/Offenburg area of Baden-Wurttemberg, active since 2014 and channeling American southern metal swagger through a German lens. Their thick, bluesy riffs carry the weight of both traditions.
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