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Oakland's Project Mayhem AD are a freshly minted groove metal outfit, having formed in 2024 in one of the Bay Area's historically fertile underground scenes. Their sound plants itself firmly in the heavy, riff-driven groove tradition, leaning on the kinetic, physical impact that the style delivers at its best. As a new band in a city with a long and serious metal pedigree, they enter the scene with plenty to prove and a readymade audience of hungry ears.
Rotenburg's Project Thunderbolt fires on all cylinders with a heavy-groove-thrash hybrid since 2014. Their Lower Saxon base and electrifying name promise high-voltage metal that hits with the force their moniker demands.
Halle's Path to Exile arrived in 2024 with melodic death metal rooted in the Gothenburg tradition, transplanted to the banks of the Saale River. Their Saxony-Anhalt base places them in the former East German metal underground, a scene with deep resilience.
A very recent entry from Franklin, Kentucky, Propaganda Machine formed in 2024 and hit the ground running with a groove/thrash attack that owes as much to mid-period Pantera as it does to the riff-first mentality of classic Bay Area thrash. The band's name signals the confrontational, politically charged energy that tends to run beneath the surface of their style.
Formed in Columbus, Ohio in 2002, Propulsion have spent over two decades driving groove metal forward with locked-in rhythm work and relentless low-end momentum. Their sound sits firmly in the tradition of mid-tempo heaviness where pocket-tight riffs do the talking.
Melodic groove metal band from Palma, Mallorca, Spain, formed in 2010, delivering hook-laden groove metal from the Balearic Islands. They bring heavy, accessible metal to the Mediterranean island scene.
Groove and sludge metal band from Slovenia, formed in 2019, combining heavy grooves with sludge metal weight. They bring experimental heaviness to the Slovenian metal scene.
Thrash and groove metal band from Quintanar de la Orden, Spain, formed in 2023, channeling nuclear-age intensity through aggressive thrash and groove metal. Their Chernobyl-referencing name evokes the catastrophic power behind their sound.
Jacksonville, Florida's Pseudocidal have been grinding out heavy, mid-tempo groove metal since 2013, leaning into the thick, down-tuned riffing and rhythmic swagger that defines the American groove scene.
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