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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
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Melodic death-metalcore act from Barcelos, northern Portugal, formed in 2024. Coldfear blends melodic extremity with hardcore intensity from the Minho region.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Toulon, France, formed in 2018. They blend heavy grooves with metalcore dynamics from the Var coast.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Birmingham, England, active since 2010. They blend heavy grooves with metalcore dynamics from the birthplace of heavy metal.
Dallas's Color of Aum brings progressive metal's compositional complexity into metalcore's emotionally charged framework, a Dallas act that pushes beyond the genre's standard templates toward something genuinely exploratory.
Dreamy metalcore from Austin with genre-bending hooks.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Kokkola, Finland, formed in 2021. They blend melodic sensibilities with metalcore dynamics from the Ostrobothnian coast.
Colossal Death God packs deathcore, mathcore, and metalcore into a single careening vehicle — technically demanding and relentlessly heavy, a band that seems to actively enjoy making their music difficult to predict.
Metalcore and groove metal band from Weyer, Austria, formed in 2017. Their album 'Strains in a Hollow Man' blends melodic metalcore with groove-driven heaviness across six tracks of technically proficient modern metal.
Metalcore band from Metz, France, formed in 2022. They deliver heavy breakdowns and dynamic songwriting from the Lorraine city.
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