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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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Modern groove metal band from Essen, Germany, combining influences from Metallica, Pantera, Trivium, and Slipknot into a cohesive modern metal sound. Their 2021 album Eye For An Eye, produced by Corny Rambado of Sodom fame and mastered by Dennis Kohne, tells a narrative of liberation from inner pain.
Death and groove metal band from the remote Norwegian town of Hoyanger, active since 2019. Their sound combines death metal's aggression with groove metal's rhythmic power from the depths of the Sognefjord.
Unhealth is a death/groove metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, rooted in the city's legendary metal scene since 2020. The project channels Gothenburg's tradition of melody-meets-aggression through a groove metal lens.
Thrash, groove, and death metal band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2018. Their multi-genre approach combines the speed of thrash with groove metal's rhythmic power and death metal's brutality.
Unmoored is a Swedish progressive death metal band from Skovde, delivering a dynamic mixture of brutality, complexity, intensity, and melody. Their album Indefinite Soul Extension features Christian Alvestam of Scar Symmetry on vocals and was recorded at Abyss Studio, drawing comparisons to Opeth, Pain of Salvation, and Morbid Angel.
Fort Worth's Unraveler pull from melodic death metal's emotional sweep and groove metal's pummeling mid-tempo stomp, a combination that's become their signature since forming in 2012. They're one of the more textured acts in the DFW heavy music scene.
Heavy and groove metal band from Hampshire, England, active since 2016. Their sound combines the rhythmic punch of groove metal with heavy metal's melodic hooks and driving power.
Brand new as of 2024, Omaha's Unthroned fuse death metal's terminal violence with groove metal's swing and stomp, making them one to watch in Nebraska's small but committed heavy music community. The groove/death combination gives them an immediately accessible brutality.
Upcast is a thrash/groove metal band from Moscow, Russia, delivering riff-driven metal with an aggressive edge since 2023. The project channels heavy, groove-laden thrash from the Russian capital.
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