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Featured Album
Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Groove metal and hardcore band with RAC influences from Sopron, Hungary, active since 2004. Two decades of aggressive metal from the Austrian border city.
Thrash/groove metal band from the English Midlands, active since 2017. Their approach blends thrash velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Rugged Butcher is a groove metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2025. The band delivers heavy, rhythmic groove metal from the Finnish capital.
Heavy/groove metal band from Kristiansand, Norway, formed in 2022. Their approach combines classic heavy metal with groove metal's rhythmic drive from southern Norway.
Groove/thrash metal act from Montecchio Emilia launched in 2025, delivering crushing rhythmic weight and aggressive speed from Emilia-Romagna. Their dual approach draws power from both genres.
Rust in Peace is a thrash/groove metal band from Vigo in Galicia, northwestern Spain, active since 2013. Named after the iconic Megadeth album, the band channels thrash and groove metal from the major Atlantic port city.
Groove/southern metal band from Kidderminster, England, active since 2015. Their approach blends groove metal's rhythmic punch with southern metal's swaggering riffs from the Worcestershire town.
Industrial groove/doom metal band from Hastings, England, formed in 2020. Their three-genre approach merges industrial textures, groove metal's rhythmic drive, and doom metal's crushing weight from the Sussex coast.
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