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The Kandidate from Copenhagen blend thrash metal with groove metal's rhythmic power, creating a hybrid of Scandinavian and American metal influences since 2010. Over fifteen years of activity, they have built a reputation as one of Copenhagen's reliable thrash-groove forces.
The Legion of Doom is a heavy/groove/progressive metal band from Nottingham, active since 2011. Their music fuses the rhythmic power of groove metal with progressive complexity and traditional heavy metal hooks from the East Midlands.
The Massacre Cave is a progressive heavy/thrash/groove metal band from the Isle of Eigg in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, active since 2012. Perhaps the most remote metal band in Britain, they take their name from a dark chapter of island history and deliver ambitious metal from a community of fewer than 100 people.
The Mothman Curse is a death/groove metal band from Pordenone, Italy, formed in 2018. Named after the legendary cryptid, they combine death metal aggression with groove-driven heaviness.
The New Black is a southern/groove metal band from Würzburg, Germany, formed in 2017. They play heavy, groove-laden southern metal.
The Offering formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 2015, drawing on melodic death metal, groove metal, and deathcore in a style shaped by the diverse tastes of frontman Alex Richichi. A self-titled EP in 2017 secured them a deal with Century Media Records, which released their debut full-length Home in 2019, praised for its willingness to blend progressive metal, hard rock, and extreme subgenres into a single framework. The follow-up Seeing the Elephant arrived in 2022, refining the band's layered compositional approach. Their technical guitar work and unpredictable song structures distinguish them within the modern melodic death metal field.
The Overthrown is a thrash/groove metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017. They combine thrash metal's speed with groove metal's rhythmic power.
The Ox from Son Servera in Mallorca deliver progressive groove metal with the bovine strength and rhythmic power their name demands since 2013. Their Balearic island origin brings Mediterranean warmth to technically ambitious, groove-heavy compositions.
Virginia melodic death/groove metal outfit formed in 2022, blending the propulsive groove-centered riffing of American groove metal with the harmonic lead work and dynamic aggression of Scandinavian melodic death metal. A relatively new act in the mid-Atlantic underground, the band channels a homegrown approach to the crossover between these two styles.
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