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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Melodic groove metal and metalcore band from St. Albans in Hertfordshire, formed in 2020 and named after the tree spirits of Japanese folklore. Their sound pairs groove metal's chunky riffing with metalcore's melodic hooks and dynamic shifts.
Death/thrash metal band with groove influences from the historic Viking city of Roskilde, formed in 2016. Their disease-inspired name matches the infectious, spreading aggression of their multi-genre approach.
Death/groove metal band from Bielefeld in Westphalia, formed in 2019 and pairing death metal's brutality with groove metal's rhythmic punch. Their sound draws power from the collision of two heavy metal traditions.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels groove metal and metalcore with a focus on neck-snapping grooves and mid-tempo crushing power. Formed in 2020, based in Treviso, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.
Thrash/groove metal band from Pamplona in Navarre, formed in 2020 and fusing thrash speed with groove metal's heavy rhythms. Their coma-inducing name matches the heavy, head-rattling impact of their sound.
Straddling the line between groove metal and thrash metal, this Polish act fuses palm-muted barrages and speed-freak intensity into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2016, and their riffs arrive at terminal velocity with zero tolerance for filler.
Original Scandinavian death metal masters from Koge, Denmark, active since the early 1990s and recently revived in 2018 with their album Sad Plight of Lucifer mixed by Tue Madsen. Their groove-laden death metal draws comparisons to Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, and Obituary across a career spanning three decades.
Groove/doom metal band from Jyvaskyla, active since 2015 and merging groove metal's rhythmic punch with doom's crushing weight. Their strange, neologistic name matches the unconventional fusion at the core of their sound.
New Orleans-based Konstricted blends death metal, groove metal, and deathcore in a city that has long elevated heavy music to an art form. Active since 2016, they absorb the bayou city's tradition of hypnotic rhythmic power and combine it with modern extremity and bone-crushing breakdowns.
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