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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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Groove metal band from Germany, formed in 2025. Their heavy, rhythm-driven approach brings headbanging grooves and punishing heaviness to the newest wave of German metal.
Hell in Town is a groove/southern metal band from Bordeaux, France, active since 2018 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Rooted in Bologna's underground, this sludge/groove/southern metal project delivers searing compositions with conviction since 2016. Energetic performances and committed songwriting define their approach.
Groove/southern metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2016. Their swaggering sound merges groove metal heaviness with southern rock attitude from the Spanish capital.
Salt Lake City's Hell9 refuses to settle into any single lane, colliding melodic death metal, black metal, and groove into something restlessly hybrid since 2022. The result is a dense and unpredictable listen that rewards attention to its many shifting parts.
Hellbelly is a groove/stoner metal band from Lund, Sweden, active since 2013 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
San Francisco's Hellbender bring groove metal's thick, locked-in rhythms to the Bay Area's already fertile heavy music ecosystem. Founded in 2020, the band leans into the genre's mid-tempo swagger and riff-first approach with seasoned conviction.
Atlanta's HellBent have been splitting the difference between death, thrash, and groove since 2014, assembling a hybrid built on relentless pocket and punishing velocity in equal measure. Southern sharpness and urban grit fuel their high-energy assault.
Death/groove metal band from Seville, Spain, formed in 2019. Their heavy, groove-laden approach to death metal brings a distinctively Andalusian flavor to extreme music.
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