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Spawned in Vantaa's underground, this groove metal outfit channels finnish ferocity since 1997. Their work contributes a distinctive voice to their regional underground scene.
Haundead is a metalcore/melodic death/groove metal band from Lyon, France, active since 2018 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Havarax is a depressive black metal (early); blackened hardcore/groove metal (later) band from Paris, France, formed in 2007. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
Menacing melodic death/groove/thrash metal emanating from Bengtsfors, active since 2014 within Sweden's metal scene. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
Columbia, Missouri's Hazard grind groove and thrash together in the manner of mid-90s Pantera and Sepultura — all low, locked-in riffs and head-snapping tempo shifts. Since 2015 they've been bringing that meaty, swinging heaviness to the Missouri scene.
HDK is a progressive death/thrash/groove metal band from Reuver, the Netherlands, formed in 2013. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Head Takers is a groove/thrash/death metal band from La Queue-lez-Yvelines, France, formed in 2012. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Headcrusher is a groove/thrash metal band from Strzelce Opolskie, Poland, formed in 2010. They blend thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Out of Summit, New Jersey, Headlock clench down on groove-locked riffs and thrash-fueled momentum, forging a sound built as much on neck-snapping rhythm as on raw velocity. Formed in 2013, they channel the bulldozing mid-tempo menace of classic groove metal without sacrificing the bite.
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