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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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Verminthrone is a sludge/groove metal band from Buckinghamshire, England, formed in 2022. They combine sludge metal's abrasive heaviness with groove metal's rhythmic drive.
San Francisco's Vestige channel the blunt-force groove metal tradition in a city better known for avant-garde extremity, a stubbornly physical presence since 2013. Their sound is built for the neck and the fist — nothing cerebral, nothing ambient, just punch.
Vetha is a technical death/groove metal band from Normandy, France, formed in 2014. They combine technical death metal's precision with groove metal's rhythmic heaviness.
Cincinnati's Vile Sanctum launched in 2023 bridging groove metal's kinetic swagger and metalcore's angular precision into something that hits the body first and the brain second. The band's name gestures at ritual while the music keeps both feet planted firmly in the pit.
Vili Kušen is a progressive/groove metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2021. They blend progressive metal's complexity with groove metal's rhythmic weight.
Linkoping's Vilt brings together death metal, groove metal, and melodic death metal into a versatile hybrid that draws from Gothenburg's melodeath legacy while incorporating modern rhythmic punch. Their compositions balance technical musicianship with accessible, headbanging-ready riffs.
Violate is a groove/thrash metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2025. They combine groove metal's heavy rhythms with thrash's speed.
Hopewell Junction, New York's Vision Serpent fuses death metal's downtuned aggression with groove metal's lockstep rhythmic swagger, arriving at a sound that is heavy in the most physical sense. Formed in 2023, they lean into the tension between brutality and headbang-inducing mid-tempo momentum, making their music as much about movement as darkness.
Vocifera is a groove/thrash metal band from Belgium, active since 2012 and built on the fusion of groove metal's crushing rhythms with thrash metal's aggressive speed. Their sound combines heavyweight riffing with relentless percussive force.
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