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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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Groove, thrash metal, and hardcore band from Chernihiv, Ukraine, formed in 2012, delivering over a decade of crossover aggression from the historic northern Ukrainian city. They bring versatile metal to the Chernihiv scene.
Holland, Ohio's Paradoxicide channel the neck-snapping rhythmic punch of groove metal and the relentless velocity of thrash into a combined assault since 2021. Their sound is direct and hard-hitting, built for stages rather than headphones.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2022, blending heavy grooves with metalcore intensity from the Polish capital. They bring modern aggression to Warsaw's active metal community.
Groove and thrash metal band from London, England, formed in 2021, delivering hard-hitting groove-thrash from the British capital. They bring rhythmic aggression and headbanging energy to the London metal scene.
Operating from the rural Emsland district since 2009, Parity Boot fuses industrial metal's mechanical pulse with electronic experimentation. Their Lower Saxon countryside setting provides an unlikely home for their cold, machine-driven sound.
Patricide is a father-son death/groove metal project from Buenos Aires that weaves in djent and doom textures. The band released their album Scelerate in 2025, a twelve-track effort showcasing their dense, technically oriented approach to extreme metal.
Thrash and groove metal band from Latina, Italy, formed in 2015, delivering aggressive, patriotic metal from the Lazio region. They combine thrash velocity with groove metal's headbanging rhythms.
Hamburg's Pill Eater has been crafting atmospheric black metal since 2009, making them one of the longer-running projects in the Hanseatic city's rich extreme metal scene. Their cascading compositions evoke the grey skies and restless waters of Germany's great northern port.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Paris, France, formed in 2025, delivering heavy grooves and breakdowns from the French capital. They bring modern aggression to the Parisian metal scene.
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