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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Winona, Minnesota's Harbinger blend groove and thrash metal into a mid-sized town sound with outsized bite, active since 2015 in a state with a fierce and underappreciated metal pedigree.
Virginia's Hard Bleed formed in Woodbridge in 2026, pressing groove metal muscle into sludge metal decay — a bruising and purposefully slow-burning new entry in the Northern Virginia underground.
Harma is a death/thrash metal (early); groove metal (later) band from Björklinge, Sweden, formed in 2021. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Harmony Breaks is a melodic death/groove metal band from Zelenograd, Russia, active since 2016 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Oakland's Harness take the groove metal template and sharpen it with thrash's velocity, forming a sound that hits hard from multiple angles. Formed in 2020, their approach is about locking into a groove and then driving it relentlessly forward.
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Colorado Springs's Harvest the People work in the productive intersection of death and groove metal, bringing the latter genre's rhythmic authority to bear on the former's brutality. Formed in 2017, they've been a presence in Colorado's metal underground since.
Denver's Harvested lean into the groove-death metal combination with an ear for the mid-paced heaviness that makes both styles satisfying. Formed in 2022, they're a newer entry in Colorado's consistently strong extreme metal scene.
Hashmaker is a groove/stoner/sludge metal band from Cork, Ireland, active since 2021 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
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