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Viribus Unitis (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Nihility (2002)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Melodic death/thrash/groove metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2009. Their versatile approach spans the full spectrum from Gothenburg melodies through thrash velocity to groove metal heaviness.
Spawned in Vantaa's underground, this groove metal outfit channels finnish ferocity since 1997. Their work contributes a distinctive voice to their regional underground scene.
Haundead is a metalcore/melodic death/groove metal band from Lyon, France, active since 2018 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Havarax is a depressive black metal (early); blackened hardcore/groove metal (later) band from Paris, France, formed in 2007. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
Menacing melodic death/groove/thrash metal emanating from Bengtsfors, active since 2014 within Sweden's metal scene. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
HDK is a progressive death/thrash/groove metal band from Reuver, the Netherlands, formed in 2013. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Head Takers is a groove/thrash/death metal band from La Queue-lez-Yvelines, France, formed in 2012. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Headcrusher is a groove/thrash metal band from Strzelce Opolskie, Poland, formed in 2010. They blend thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
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.
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