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Out of Summit, New Jersey, Headlock clench down on groove-locked riffs and thrash-fueled momentum, forging a sound built as much on neck-snapping rhythm as on raw velocity. Formed in 2013, they channel the bulldozing mid-tempo menace of classic groove metal without sacrificing the bite.
Headlong is a groove metal band from Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland, active since 2020 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Deathcore and groove metal band from Prostejov, Czech Republic, active since 2016. Their punishing blend of bone-crushing breakdowns and groove-laden heaviness makes for a devastating live experience.
Headpress is a deathcore band from Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
HeadQuaker is a thrash/heavy metal band from Sweden, active since 2017 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Headquakes is a heavy/power metal band from Vajont (Pordenone), Italy, active since 2016 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Winston-Salem's Headripper launched in 2020 with crossover thrash in their blood and hardcore fury in their lungs, making them one of North Carolina's most promising new practitioners of the genre. Their approach is fast, ugly, and deliberately unrefined in all the right ways.
Providence death metal veterans Headrot have been at it since 1991, making them one of the longer-running acts in Rhode Island's underground metal scene. Decades on, they continue trading in the kind of rotting, blunt-force death metal that defined the early 90s American underground.
Emerging from Athens's underground, this progressive death/black metal act has forged cold sonic fury since 2024. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
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