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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Cincinnati's Dark Soul brings a groove metal punch to the Ohio underground, rolling out thick, mid-tempo riffs built for headbanging since the band formed in 2021.
Dark Steele hammers out death and groove metal from Torremaggiore in Puglia, combining low-tuned death metal heaviness with the rhythmic swagger of groove metal. Their sound is built on punishing mid-tempo riffs and a thick, muscular guitar tone.
Oklahoma City's Dark30 has been playing groove metal with a hard rock sensibility since 2004, outlasting trends and lineup changes to remain one of the Oklahoma City scene's more enduring heavy acts.
Darkest Hand is a groove/thrash metal band from West Yorkshire, England, formed in 2020. They deliver dark-handed grooves and thrash from northern England.
Darkeye is a groove metal band from London, England, active since 2013. They deliver heavy grooves with a dark-eyed intensity from the British capital.
Cincinnati thrash act Darkhold arrived in 2022 with old-school velocity and riff-first songwriting that owes its allegiance to the genre's 1980s Bay Area architects. No frills, no concessions — just heads-down thrash with Midwest directness.
David Csontos is an industrial groove metal and electronic artist from Bury St. Edmunds, England, formed in 2023. They merge industrial textures and electronic elements with groove metal.
Seabrook, New Hampshire's Dawn of End punch well above the weight you'd expect from a small coastal town, delivering groove metal and metalcore with a physical, full-throttle conviction. Formed in 2016, they've developed a sound built for stages and pit floors.
Houston's Day of Reckoning pull from progressive metalcore and groove metal in equal measure, a combination that suits the city's taste for technically accomplished but physically punishing music. Formed in 2015, they've developed a sound with enough forward momentum to keep pace with the state's most demanding stages.
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