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Featured Album
Slaughter & Apparatus - A Methodical Overture (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Groove and thrash metal band from Belgium, active since 2015. Named after the infamous David Lynch character, they pair groove metal's rhythmic punch with thrash metal's velocity.
Groove metal and hardcore band from Vienna, Austria, active since 2016. They combine the rhythmic punch of groove metal with hardcore's confrontational energy.
Danish thrash/groove metal band from Horsens, formed in 2018. They load up heavy thrash-groove ammunition from the east Jutland coast.
Finnish groove metal band from Helsinki, active since 2006. With two decades of mechanical grooves, they are a veteran of the Finnish groove metal scene.
Spanish melodic death/groove metal and metalcore band from Mieres in Asturias, formed in 2012. They blend three aggressive styles with melodic sensibility from the Asturian mining valleys.
Groove metal outfit from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2016. They deliver thick, chugging riffs and head-nodding rhythmic grooves built for live-show impact.
German groove/progressive metal band from Berlin, formed in 2024. They merge groove metal's rhythmic power with progressive metal's complexity.
Warsaw-based thrash/groove metal act active since 2010, anchoring their riff-driven assault in mid-tempo grooves that demand involuntary headbanging. Their compositions balance thrash metal's speed with the crushing rhythmic weight of groove metal.
Czech metal band from Sokolov, formed in 2010, whose style has evolved from power metal origins toward a heavier groove metal direction. This stylistic shift reflects the band's restless creative development over more than a decade.
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