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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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Rotten Flesh is a groove/death metal band from Velen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2024. The band delivers heavy grooves and death metal brutality from the Münsterland region.
Rotten Reality is an experimental groove/thrash metal project from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2024. The band blends aggressive riffing with groove-laden structures and experimental elements, delivering a chaotic and volatile take on modern extreme metal.
Rotten Thorns is a death/groove metal band from Nyköping, Sweden, formed in 2022. Their demo 'Strike me down' showcases aggressive, fast-paced death metal with melodic guitar riffs and lyrics inspired by inner demons and personal conflicts.
Thrash/groove metal band from Liverpool, active since 2013. Their approach blends thrash velocity with groove metal's rhythmic drive from Merseyside.
Groove metal and hardcore band with RAC influences from Sopron, Hungary, active since 2004. Two decades of aggressive metal from the Austrian border city.
Los Angeles-based Rude Awakening traces a path from traditional heavy and power metal into heavier, groove-driven territory, with a sound that has toughened and thickened over time without abandoning its melodic instincts. Formed in 2021, they carry forward the city's long tradition of hard-hitting commercial-adjacent metal.
New Orleans' Rude Awakening pulls from three of the heaviest currents in American metal — thrash, groove, and death — blending their distinct textures into a sound that is aggressive, swinging, and mean in the way the city seems to demand. Formed in 2021, they fit naturally into the NOLA heavy underground.
Thrash/groove metal band from the English Midlands, active since 2017. Their approach blends thrash velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Rugged Butcher is a groove metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2025. The band delivers heavy, rhythmic groove metal from the Finnish capital.
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