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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Groove metal band from Marchtrenk in Upper Austria, formed in 2018. Their riff-driven sound emphasizes heavy, rhythmic grooves built on down-tuned guitars and punishing rhythms, drawing from the legacy of groove metal pioneers.
Rome's Strengthcode blend groove and thrash metal from the Italian capital since 2010. Their encrypted-power name channels the precision of programming into rhythmically coded aggression.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Kennewick, Washington, formed in 2022, blending down-tuned rhythmic aggression with the melodic sensibilities of modern metalcore. Despite sharing a name with the Massachusetts raw black metal act, this band occupies decidedly heavier, groove-driven territory.
Groove metal band from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 2017, delivering mid-tempo, riff-heavy metal in the vein of Pantera and early Machine Head. The Phoenix metro area's metal underground provides a fertile home for their thick, groove-driven attack.
Groove metal band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2022, delivering heavy mid-tempo riffs in the tradition of 1990s American groove metal. Their Bandcamp handle "structure-doom" suggests an incorporation of doom-inflected heaviness into the groove foundation.
Groove metal band from Uniontown, Ohio, formed in 2017, channeling the heavy, mid-paced attack of American groove metal with a name drawn from the lethal alkaloid strychnine.
Formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 1989, Stuck Mojo pioneered the fusion of Southern groove metal and hip-hop, making them one of the earliest and most recognized rap metal acts in the genre. Guitarst Rich Ward and vocalist Bonz anchored a sound that broke through commercially with the 1998 album Rising, which sold over 50,000 copies and stood as Century Media Records' best-selling release for several years. The band disbanded in 2001 before reuniting in 2005, continuing to record and tour with releases including Here Come the Infidels (2016).
Minneapolis heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 2018, blending classic metal muscle with accessible hard rock hooks in the tradition of the genre's golden era.
Stugg deliver heavy and groove metal from Hillerod north of Copenhagen, combining classic metal foundations with groove's rhythmic punch. Formed in 2020, they bring stumpy, hard-hitting energy to the North Zealand metal scene.
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