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Featured Album
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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Death metal and groove metal act from Lyon, France formed in 2023. They bring chunky, groove-laden death metal from France's gastronomic capital.
Groove metal band from Clermont-Ferrand, France formed in 2022. They deliver riff-heavy groove metal from the volcanic Auvergne region.
Death/thrash metal band with groove influences from Breda, Netherlands active since 2012. Their sound fuses death metal's heaviness with thrash speed and groove metal's rhythmic weight from North Brabant.
Straddling the line between groove metal and thrash metal, this Dutch actfrom Utrecht fuses Bay Area velocity married to Teutonic heaviness into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2020, and circle-pit fuel delivered with workmanlike consistency.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Athens, Greece active since 2009. They bring heavy, modern metal from the Greek capital.
Groove, metalcore, and thrash metal band from Worcester, England launched in 2025. They bring modern, heavy metal energy from the West Midlands.
Groove and stoner metal band from Dublin, Ireland active since 2015. They bring heavy, riff-driven grooves from Dublin's vibrant metal scene.
Part of Slovakia's modest but dedicated extreme metal community, this act channels groove metal and thrash metal with a focus on breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riff attacks. Formed in 2008, based in Martin, every track is a masterclass in controlled chaos and kinetic energy.
Death, groove, melodic death, and thrash metal band from Lappeenranta in southeastern Finland, active since 2011. They deliver a versatile brand of extreme metal from the Finnish-Russian border region.
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