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Therapist is a groove/thrash metal band from Salo, Finland, formed in 2017. They combine groove metal's rhythmic weight with thrash's speed.
These Worlds Collide are a Saint Paul, Minnesota thrash and groove metal band active since 2012, channeling the punishing mid-paced stomp of groove metal alongside more frantic thrash passages. They represent the Twin Cities' enduring appetite for heavy, riff-forward metal that hits hard and moves hard.
They Stole a Billion is a groove metal band from Ravensburg, Germany, formed in 2023. They deliver rhythmically driven, socially aware groove metal from the Upper Swabian scene.
Formed in 2012 in Lake View, South Carolina, Thirst for Clarity pull from death metal brutality, groove-driven heaviness, and the melodic ambitions of progressive metalcore, building dense, layered songs that resist easy genre labels.
Springfield, Ohio's This Blessed Hatred fuse the mid-tempo chug of groove metal with the high-tension dynamics of metalcore, producing a sound built for impact on both the stage and the pit.
Valparaiso, Indiana's Thorn Fetish has been grinding since 2012 at the intersection of industrial grit, groove-driven stomp, and thrash aggression. The combination makes for a mechanized, hard-hitting sound that draws equally from the caustic pulse of industrial metal and the neck-snapping rhythms of groove and thrash.
Thousand Years is a melodic death/groove metal/metalcore band from Lohja, Finland, active since 2010. They merge melodic death metal, groove metal, and metalcore into a dynamic hybrid.
ThousandDead is a metalcore/thrash/groove metal band from Rethymno on the island of Crete, active since 2017. Their music fuses metalcore intensity with thrash speed and groove power from the shores of the Mediterranean.
Thrashing Machine from Šestajovice outside Prague began as a thrash and groove metal act in 2017 before evolving toward a more progressive and groove-oriented approach. This stylistic shift reflects a band willing to expand beyond their thrash roots into more technically ambitious territory.
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