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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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Novomundo is a groove metal band from Rome, Italy, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of delivering heavy grooves from the Eternal City.
Nungara is a progressive/groove metal band from Berlin, active since 2020. Named after the invasive flatworm species, the band brings an ecological edge to their progressive groove metal.
Nøkian Monark is a Finnish black/groove metal project formed in 2023, fusing the cold atmosphere of black metal with the heavy rhythmic drive of groove metal. The band represents an emerging voice in Finland's diverse extreme metal underground.
Nømadus is a progressive groove/thrash metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2019. Their sound blends progressive complexity with the heavy rhythms of groove metal and thrash aggression.
Bury St. Edmunds outfit Obsesa pounds out groove metal with a raw, DIY intensity rooted in the UK underground. Their riff-centric attack draws from the Pantera and Crowbar school of crushing rhythmic heaviness.
Belgian death/groove metal band from Liege, merging death metal brutality with groove-driven rhythms since 2019. Their name captures the critical, civilization-questioning themes at the core of their sound.
Helsinki heavy/groove metal/hard rock act active since 2019, blending three accessible styles into a crowd-pleasing formula. Their nautical name suits a band from Finland's coastal capital, where heavy rock has deep cultural roots.
Bulgarian groove/alternative metal band from Sofia, delivering rhythmically driven metal since 2008. Their name captures the unconventional, rule-breaking character of their alternative-inflected groove metal.
Limoges groove/industrial metal act active since 2014, pairing mechanical rhythms with heavy groove from central France's porcelain capital. Over a decade they have developed a style that melds industrial coldness with groove metal's physicality.
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