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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Sourground is a Long Island, New York outfit formed in 2015 that merges groove metal's locking, mid-paced rhythmic attack with death metal's heavier tonal palette, drawing on the dense, riff-centric New York metal tradition.
South Kitsap Infidels are a thrash/groove metal band from Port Orchard, Washington, formed in 2019, drawing on the Pacific Northwest's deep metal heritage to craft punishing, rhythm-forward metal with a distinctly regional character.
Southern Brutality is a New Orleans, Louisiana thrash/groove metal band formed in 2020, merging the punch of groove metal with thrash intensity in a city with a long tradition of heavy, dark, and uncompromising music.
Southern Dose of Rebellion is a groove metal band from New Braunfels, Texas, formed in 2012, laying down heavy, mid-paced riffs rooted in the groove metal tradition with a Southern Texan sensibility.
Southgate is a Portland, Oregon progressive deathcore band formed in 2009, layering the technical complexity and dynamic ambition of progressive metal atop deathcore's crushing low-end rhythmic foundation.
SpawnDie is a groove and thrash metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2021, combining the mid-tempo punch of groove metal with thrash-driven aggression in the tradition of Florida's active underground scene.
Speak in Whispers blend progressive groove metal with metalcore from Larnaca, combining rhythmic heaviness with dynamic song structures. Emerging in 2025, they represent the cutting edge of Cyprus's growing metal community.
Active since the turn of the millennium, Chelmsford's Special Move blend groove and thrash metal into a tight, aggressive package. Over two decades, they have refined a sound that prioritizes rhythmic punch and mosh-pit energy.
Wolverhampton's SpeedTheory have blended groove metal's rhythmic crunch with metalcore intensity since 2006. Nearly two decades of activity have sharpened their crossover sound into something reliably punishing.
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