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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Medford, Oregon's Tortured Souls operate in the groove-inflected thrash lane, pairing chugging mid-tempo riffs with the swaggering weight of groove metal in a style that has defined much of the American post-'90s thrash revival.
Torus from Magdeburg blend thrash metal with groove metal's rhythmic punch, creating a mathematically-named hybrid of velocity and weight from the Saxony-Anhalt capital since 2013. Their geometric name — a donut-shaped surface — reflects the looping, cyclical intensity of their compositions.
Totmann from Hesse blend melodic death metal, gothic metal, and groove metal with electronic elements, creating an unusually eclectic extreme metal hybrid formed in 2025. Their German name — meaning 'dead man' or referencing a safety switch — captures both the morbid and mechanical aspects of their multi-genre approach.
Toxic Pub from Athens deliver groove and thrash metal with the poisoned-watering-hole irreverence their bar-themed name demands since 2021. Their compositions pair venomous riffs with the communal energy of a metal-fueled night out.
Tiffin, Iowa's Tragedy Mask bring a groove-heavy metal attack to a state better known for its cornfields than its riff merchants, locking in hard-hitting rhythms and muscular songwriting since their 2020 formation.
North Kingstown, Rhode Island's Train of Thought arrived in 2022 with groove metal's trademark locked-in, syncopated heaviness, carving out a niche in the small but active New England extreme music scene.
Rochester, New York's Trainwreck have been blending groove metal's rhythmic crush with metalcore's intensity since 2006, building a sound that hits hard on both fronts in one of upstate New York's more active metal communities.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Trainwrecked emerged in 2022 playing groove-laced metalcore, tapping into the Rust Belt's blue-collar metal tradition with a modern edge and a penchant for heavy, propulsive riffing.
Trallery is a thrash metal band from Palma, Mallorca, Spain, formed in 2013 and evolving toward progressive groove/thrash/death metal. Their musical evolution reflects an increasingly complex and ambitious approach to extreme metal.
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