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Repentless Equestrian is a groove/thrash metal band from Deggendorf in Lower Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2022. The band combines groove metal's rhythmic punch with thrash velocity from the Danube valley of eastern Bavaria.
Groove metal/metalcore band from Debrecen, Hungary, formed in 2024. Their approach combines groove metal's rhythmic drive with metalcore dynamics.
Los Angeles' Repulsant formed in 2022, channeling death metal's brutality through groove metal's physical rhythmic insistence — the result is something that hits hard at both the gut and the neck. In a city with no shortage of extreme metal acts, they've distinguished themselves by prioritizing feel alongside aggression. Young but built with clear intent.
Metalcore five-piece from Leoben, Styria, founded in 2016 by vocalist Peter Protas, guitarists Michael Prem and Heiko Ropitsch, bassist Stefan Protas, and drummer Fabian Gesselbauer. The band have performed at regional festivals and released music blending melodic death, groove, and modern metalcore elements on Bandcamp.
Saddle River, New Jersey's Residue emerged in 2018 with a groove metal foundation built for maximum physical impact — locked-in riffing and deep pocket rhythms designed to make small club stages shake. New Jersey's long tradition of straight-ahead heavy music lives in their no-nonsense approach. Dependable, punishing, and unapologetically heavy.
Raleigh's Resin have been mixing groove and sludge metal since 2013, occupying the fertile overlap between Southern heaviness and rhythmic modern metal. North Carolina's triangle region has always supported a diverse heavy underground, and Resin reflect that in a sound that is simultaneously catchy and corrosive. Slow burn with a serious payoff.
Rest in Furia is a groove metal/hardcore band from Herblay-sur-Seine near Paris, France, formed in 2020. The band fuses groove metal weight with hardcore intensity from the Parisian suburbs.
Groove metal band from Krems an der Donau in Lower Austria, Restare have an active presence on Spotify, YouTube, and the regional metal live circuit. Their direct, riff-driven approach earns them a place in the mid-Austrian heavy metal underground alongside Danube-region contemporaries.
Groove/thrash/power metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2017. Their triple-genre approach delivers diverse aggressive metal from the Russian capital.
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