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Featured Album
Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
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London-based thrash/death/groove metal band formed in 2019, combining three strains of metal aggression. Their versatile approach spans thrash speed, death metal brutality, and groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Swedish groove/stoner metal and rock band from Gothenburg, newly formed in 2025. Named as a tribute to Tony Iommi, their sound channels the riff-worship of classic heavy music from Sweden's metal capital.
Madrid-based thrash/groove metal band formed in 2024, combining thrash speed with groove-heavy breakdowns. Their name references sonic weaponry, reflecting the punishing intensity of their sound.
Ukrainian thrash/groove metal and hardcore band from Poltava, merging multiple aggressive styles since 2009. Their long-running career spanning over a decade and a half marks them as veterans of the Poltava underground.
Bloomington, Illinois's Low Twelve have been laying down punishing groove and heavy metal since 2014, keeping it rooted and physical in the heartland tradition.
British death/industrial/groove metal band from Nottingham, merging three heavy styles since 2020. Their sound combines death metal's brutality, industrial metal's mechanical precision, and groove metal's rhythmic weight.
German groove metal band from Weikersheim, delivering rhythmically punishing heaviness since 2007. Their long-running commitment to groove metal has produced years of head-nodding, riff-centric material.
Russian progressive/groove metal band from Moscow, blending technical ambition with rhythmic heaviness since 2007. Their cryptic acronym adds mystery to their nearly two decades of progressive groove.
Russian groove/southern metal band from Oryol, delivering bourbon-soaked heaviness since 2020. Their name channels aggressive, confrontational imagery through the rhythmic power of southern-tinged groove metal.
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