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Eschatology of War (2021)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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Groove-thrash metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2021. They combine heavy rhythmic grooves with thrash metal speed and aggression.
Groove-thrash metal band from Pockau in the Erzgebirge, Germany, formed in 2016. They blend heavy grooves with thrash aggression from the Saxon mountain region.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Toulon, France, formed in 2018. They blend heavy grooves with metalcore dynamics from the Var coast.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Birmingham, England, active since 2010. They blend heavy grooves with metalcore dynamics from the birthplace of heavy metal.
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Progressive death-groove act from Porto, active since 2012. Colosso has earned recognition for their technically ambitious, genre-crossing extreme metal from northern Portugal.
Groove-stoner-thrash act from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2020. Colossus Form merges heavy grooves with stoner fuzz and thrash aggression.
Metalcore and groove metal band from Weyer, Austria, formed in 2017. Their album 'Strains in a Hollow Man' blends melodic metalcore with groove-driven heaviness across six tracks of technically proficient modern metal.
Doom-groove-heavy metal band from Almeria, Spain, formed in 2014. They blend crushing doom weight with heavy grooves from the sun-scorched southeastern coast.
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