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Slaughter & Apparatus - A Methodical Overture (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Gothenburg-based groove metal act active since 2005, anchoring their sound in mid-tempo, syncopated riffing designed to generate maximum physical impact. Their chunky, headbang-inducing compositions channel the spirit of Pantera and Lamb of God.
Groove metal outfit from Tarnowskie Góry, formed in 2017. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
Finnish melodic death/groove metal band from Kouvola, formed in 2020. They craft fallen melodic death metal with groove elements from the forests of southeastern Finland.
Groove metal outfit from Alexandroupoli, formed in 2015. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
French groove/death metal band from Yvelines near Paris, formed in 2016. They combine groove and death metal from the Île-de-France region.
German death/thrash/groove metal band from Heiligenhaus, formed in 2009. They combine the speed of thrash with death metal's heaviness and groove metal's rhythmic punch for a multi-faceted assault.
French thrash/groove metal band from Vannes in Brittany, formed in 2014. They deliver riff-driven thrash-groove from the Celtic coast of northwestern France.
Stoner/groove metal and hard rock band from Denbigh in North Wales, formed in 2018. They deliver riff-heavy grooves infused with stoner swagger and hard rock attitude.
Death/groove metal band from Uhersky Brod, Czech Republic, formed in 2021. They pair death metal's extremity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
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