The Burning from Aarhus have been delivering a potent fusion of groove, death, and thrash metal since 2007, making them one of the longest-running extreme metal acts in Denmark's second city. Nearly two decades of output have cemented their reputation for riff-heavy, genre-blending aggression.

The Conflict Within from Ipswich deliver groove metal and metalcore with the internal-struggle intensity their introspective name demands since 2013. Over a decade from the Suffolk port town has produced compositions that wrestle with personal turmoil.

Chișinău's The Cursed Strain fuse groove metal's rhythmic punch with death metal's aggression and deathcore's breakdowns, creating a heavy, multifaceted assault from Moldova's capital. Active since 2016, they are among the few Moldovan bands blending modern extreme subgenres.

The Florentine Camerata is a technical death/groove metal band from the Plymouth/Torbay area of Devon, active since 2014. Named after the Renaissance-era Florentine intellectual circle, they bring an unusually cerebral approach to technical and groove-oriented death metal.

The Gloria Scott is a groove/thrash metal/crossover band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2012. They fuse groove metal's rhythmic heaviness with thrash and crossover's speed.

The Helldozers is a southern/groove metal/rock band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2013. They deliver heavy, groove-laden southern metal and rock.

The Kandidate from Copenhagen blend thrash metal with groove metal's rhythmic power, creating a hybrid of Scandinavian and American metal influences since 2010. Over fifteen years of activity, they have built a reputation as one of Copenhagen's reliable thrash-groove forces.

The Legion of Doom is a heavy/groove/progressive metal band from Nottingham, active since 2011. Their music fuses the rhythmic power of groove metal with progressive complexity and traditional heavy metal hooks from the East Midlands.

The Massacre Cave is a progressive heavy/thrash/groove metal band from the Isle of Eigg in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, active since 2012. Perhaps the most remote metal band in Britain, they take their name from a dark chapter of island history and deliver ambitious metal from a community of fewer than 100 people.