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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Bordeaux's Overcharger keeps things lean and mean with stripped-down groove metal built on massive, distorted riffs and pounding rhythms. Their no-frills approach delivers raw kinetic energy without unnecessary embellishment.
Krakow groove metal act formed in 2020, channeling rhythmic heaviness from Poland's cultural capital. Their approach favors headbang-inducing riffs and physicality, a welcome counterpoint to the more extreme styles that dominate the local scene.
Groove/thrash/heavy metal band from Miguelturra in central Spain's La Mancha region, one of the longer-running acts with roots dating to 2004. Over two decades they have blended groove metal's rhythmic punch with thrash speed and heavy metal power.
Helsinki melodic death/groove metal/metalcore act active since 2014, blending three modern metal styles into an accessible but aggressive whole. A decade in Finland's capital has given them access to one of the country's most active metal communities.
Melodic groove metal band from the United Kingdom, formed in 2020, delivering accessible yet heavy groove metal with melodic hooks. They bring rhythmic heaviness to the British metal underground.
Groove and death metal band from Belgorod, Russia, formed in 2025, delivering full-bore metallic punishment from the western Russian border city. They represent the newest wave of Russian extreme metal.
Dithmarschen's Pain Machine has been welding together thrash, death, and groove metal since 2012, creating a triple-threat assault from the North Frisian marshlands. Their genre-blending approach produces a sound heavier than any single style could achieve alone.
A 2021 Danish thrash-punk crossover project, Pestigor channels the DIY energy of crust punk through a thrash metal framework. Their hybrid approach recalls the glory days of '80s crossover when the boundaries between punk and metal were at their most porous.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Kolomna, Russia, formed in 2019, delivering rhythmically driven aggression from the Moscow Oblast. They bring modern metal intensity to the Russian scene.
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