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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Dial Tone (2022)
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Kyiv groove metal and metalcore act formed in 2021, fusing heavy rhythmic power with aggressive breakdowns from Ukraine's capital. Their modern approach channels the physical impact of both traditions.
Chicago's Repentance launched in 2021 blending melodic groove metal with metalcore, sitting comfortably in the tradition of hard-hitting Midwestern bands that prioritize groove and aggression over pure technicality. The city's blue-collar metal legacy — think Disturbed, Soil — echoes through their emphasis on rhythmic punch and vocal hooks. A young band with a clear sense of purpose.
Groove metal/metalcore band from Debrecen, Hungary, formed in 2024. Their approach combines groove metal's rhythmic drive with metalcore dynamics.
Reprieve is a progressive death metal and metalcore band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2020. The band fuses the technical ambition of progressive death metal with metalcore's dynamic intensity from the German capital.
Metalcore five-piece from Leoben, Styria, founded in 2016 by vocalist Peter Protas, guitarists Michael Prem and Heiko Ropitsch, bassist Stefan Protas, and drummer Fabian Gesselbauer. The band have performed at regional festivals and released music blending melodic death, groove, and modern metalcore elements on Bandcamp.
Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2022. Their approach bridges melodic death metal with modern metalcore from the Northern Irish capital.
Resilence is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2008. Nearly two decades of activity make them a fixture of the Barcelona melodic extreme metal scene.
Resist the Ocean is a metalcore band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2014. The band delivers heavy breakdowns and melodic passages from the Franconian metal scene.
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