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Groove metal band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2022, delivering heavy mid-tempo riffs in the tradition of 1990s American groove metal. Their Bandcamp handle "structure-doom" suggests an incorporation of doom-inflected heaviness into the groove foundation.
Groove/thrash metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará. They appeared on the Vertigem Sessions split release alongside Fortaleza act Viollen, issued through Vertigem Discos on December 25, 2020, a live-format recording documenting both bands in performance.
Deathcore and death metal band from Oriskany, New York, formed in 2008, one of the longer-running acts in the Central New York extreme metal underground. Their sound moved from death-thrash roots toward the breakdown-heavy intensity of deathcore.
Struggle play heavy metal from Meschede in the Sauerland, channeling the genre's fighting spirit from the forested hills of South Westphalia. Active since 2014, they bring the resilience their name promises.
Strung Out are a Simi Valley, California punk band whose music fuses skate punk speed, melodic hardcore urgency, and metal-influenced guitar precision. Formed in 1989 and long associated with Fat Wreck Chords, the band became a key example of how 1990s melodic punk could grow more technical without losing its emotional and physical charge. Albums such as Another Day in Paradise, Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues, Twisted by Design, An American Paradox, Exile in Oblivion, Blackhawks Over Los Angeles, Agents of the Underground, Transmission.Alpha.Delta, Songs of Armor and Devotion, and Dead Rebellion show a group constantly balancing speed, melody, and darker metallic edge. Strung Out fit accepted scope directly through punk rock, skate punk, and melodic hardcore. Jason Cruz's vocals bring a worn, poetic intensity, while the guitars often move with the precision of metal rather than the loose strum of simpler punk. The rhythm section keeps the songs fast and fluid, built for both skate-video velocity and live-room release. Strung Out's importance lies in occupying a niche and deepening it. They made technical melodic punk feel dramatic, durable, and emotionally serious without surrendering the pace that first defined the style.
Strunkiin evolved from melodic death metal into atmospheric black metal, tracing a journey from harmonic aggression toward immersive, layered soundscapes. Active since 2016, they bring transformative intensity to the Finnish black metal scene.
Groove metal band from Uniontown, Ohio, formed in 2017, channeling the heavy, mid-paced attack of American groove metal with a name drawn from the lethal alkaloid strychnine.
Thrash metal band from Crystal Lake, Illinois, formed in 2017 and unrelated to the Ohio groove metal act sharing the same name, delivering aggressive Bay Area-influenced thrash in the Chicago-area underground.
New Jersey band formed in 2011 that began in death and thrash metal before transitioning toward deathcore, documented by Metal-Archives as progressing from death/thrash roots to a heavier breakdown-driven sound. They have built a following in the Northeast underground over their decade-plus of activity.
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