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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Suicidal Corpses deliver groove metal from Helsinki, channeling dark themes through rhythmic, headbang-inducing compositions. Formed in 2023, they bring morbid groove to the Finnish capital.
Sulfuris forge heavy and groove metal from the Helsinki/Vantaa area, combining classic metal foundations with rhythmic heaviness. Formed in 2024, they bring sulfuric intensity to the Finnish capital region.
Graz-based melodic death/groove metal act formed in 2016, blending the melodic hooks of Scandinavian death metal with the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal. Their dual approach balances accessibility with brutality, reflecting Styria's diverse extreme metal ecosystem.
Suunya blends industrial elements with technical groove metal and metalcore from Montpellier, active since 2009. Their Buddhist-derived name, referencing the concept of emptiness, contrasts with the dense, mechanistic intensity of their sonic output.
Melodic death/groove metal band from Arlon in the Luxembourg province of Wallonia, formed in 2025. Their dual-genre approach bridges melodic death metal's hook-laden aggression with the rhythmic weight of groove metal.
Swindler deliver heavy and groove metal from Copenhagen, combining classic metal riffing with groove's rhythmic swagger. Active since 2014, they bring hustler energy to the Danish capital's metal scene.
Skovde's Syconaut pair melodic death and groove metal from the Vastergotland city since 2014. Their sycophant-astronaut portmanteau channels the fawning exploration of cosmic space into over a decade of rhythmically driven compositions.
Symphony of Sorrow deliver groove metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2012. Over a decade of channeling their orchestral-grief name into rhythmically driven compositions that blend accessible alternative rock with metal weight.
Gothenburg's Syndr pair progressive groove and death metal from Sweden's metal capital since 2024. Their Old Norse name meaning "sin" channels ancient Scandinavian transgression into freshly-minted compositions of rhythmically ambitious extremity.
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