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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Sledgedown groove through heavy, rhythmic metal from Nymburk, emphasizing mid-tempo impact and headbang-inducing riffing. Their central Bohemian outfit channels groove metal's propulsive, riff-centric approach.
Sleepforest craft doom and groove metal from Madrid, building heavy compositions that evoke wandering through darkened woodland. Active since 2018, they bring forest-dwelling heaviness to the Spanish capital's doom scene.
Boden's Slowgate have evolved from heavy/thrash metal to groove metal/metalcore from the Norrbotten garrison city since 2023. Their measured-passage name channels the deliberate pace of restricted entry into compositions of military-town intensity.
Smoke the Sky channel southern and groove metal from Munich, building riff-heavy compositions that draw from the American groove metal tradition. Active since 2018, they bring whiskey-soaked heaviness to the Bavarian capital.
Ennis' Smother Teresa bring groove metal to County Clare with a name that turns religious reverence into something darkly humorous since 2018. Their irreverent approach matches a sound built on rhythmic punch and swagger.
Soa deal in death and groove metal from the Basque fishing village of Mutriku, combining extreme aggression with rhythmic heaviness from the Bay of Biscay coast. Formed in 2021, they bring coastal Basque intensity to the Spanish extreme scene.
Soar Beyond blend melodic death metal with groove metal from Auenwald in Baden-Wurttemberg, combining Scandinavian melodeath's harmonic sophistication with groove's rhythmic punch. Active since 2013, they bring uplifting intensity to the Swabian countryside.
Sober Truth channel thrash and groove metal from the Bonn/Siegburg area, combining old-school thrash aggression with groove's headbang-inducing rhythms. Active since 2010, they've built a solid catalog from the Rhineland.
Vasteras' Soddus pair melodic groove and death metal from the Vastmanland capital since 2024. Their enigmatic name and central Swedish origins channel undisclosed meaning into freshly-minted compositions of rhythmically driven intensity.
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