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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Groove-thrash-metalcore hybrid from Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, active since 2014. Cosmogon delivers genre-crossing aggression from the country's second-largest city.
Groove-thrash act from Kovin in the Banat region, formed in 2026. CounterIgnition represents the newest wave of Serbian thrash metal.
Groove-thrash act from Amsterdam, formed in 2017. Cozzy delivers heavy, riff-driven aggression from the Dutch capital.
Groove metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2011. They deliver heavy, rhythm-driven metal from the Finnish capital.
Groove metal band from Maia in the Porto metropolitan area, active since 2015. Crackdown delivers heavy, rhythmically-driven grooves from northern Portugal.
Progressive groove-thrash act from Moscow, active since 2014. Crash Atlantic blends technical complexity with aggressive metal from the Russian capital.
Groove-heavy-thrash act from Uppsala, active since 2007. Crawley has spent nearly two decades delivering versatile, riff-driven metal from the historic university city.
Groove-thrash act from Tikhvin in the Leningrad Oblast, formed in 2020. Crazy Train delivers heavy, riff-driven metal from northwestern Russia.
Groove metal and metalcore act from Craiova formed in 2016, fusing heavy rhythmic weight with aggressive breakdowns from Oltenia's capital. Their dual approach draws power from both groove metal's heft and metalcore's explosive intensity.
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