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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
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Scum (2017)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Rotenburg's Project Thunderbolt fires on all cylinders with a heavy-groove-thrash hybrid since 2014. Their Lower Saxon base and electrifying name promise high-voltage metal that hits with the force their moniker demands.
Halle's Path to Exile arrived in 2024 with melodic death metal rooted in the Gothenburg tradition, transplanted to the banks of the Saale River. Their Saxony-Anhalt base places them in the former East German metal underground, a scene with deep resilience.
Melodic groove metal band from Palma, Mallorca, Spain, formed in 2010, delivering hook-laden groove metal from the Balearic Islands. They bring heavy, accessible metal to the Mediterranean island scene.
Groove and sludge metal band from Slovenia, formed in 2019, combining heavy grooves with sludge metal weight. They bring experimental heaviness to the Slovenian metal scene.
Thrash and groove metal band from Quintanar de la Orden, Spain, formed in 2023, channeling nuclear-age intensity through aggressive thrash and groove metal. Their Chernobyl-referencing name evokes the catastrophic power behind their sound.
Melodic death and groove metal band from Revuca, Slovakia, formed in 2014, questioning human intelligence through over a decade of melodic aggression from the Gemer region. They bring philosophical metal.
Groove metal band from Karlskrona, Sweden, formed in 2023, delivering psychotic groove metal from the Blekinge naval city. They bring rhythmic heaviness to the southern Swedish coast.
Hilden's Pejora has been fusing melodic death metal with industrial textures since 2014, creating a hybrid that balances organic aggression with mechanized precision. Their North Rhine-Westphalian base places them amid one of Europe's densest concentrations of metal bands.
Groove metal band from Poznan and Pila, Poland, formed in 2014, delivering heavy, rhythmically driven groove metal from the Greater Poland region. They bring headbanging grooves to the Polish underground.
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