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Everyone's Talking! (2025)
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Blind (Expanded Edition) (2021)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Blood Dynasty (24-bit HD audio) (2024)
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Suture-Self is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin death and groove metal band formed in 2022, fusing the brutality of death metal with the rhythmic, mid-paced heaviness characteristic of the groove tradition.
Apopka, Florida groove and Southern metal band formed in 2022, delivering heavy mid-paced riffing with a distinctly Floridian character that draws from the groove metal and Southern rock-influenced heavy metal tradition.
Swineherd is a death and groove metal band from Durham, North Carolina, formed in 2025, fusing the rhythmic punch of groove metal with the aggression of death metal.
Madison, Wisconsin's Switchblade Monkeys have played groove and heavy metal since 2014, crafting punchy, riff-forward songs rooted in the Midwest's working-class metal tradition.
Modesto, California act founded in 2015 that blends deathcore brutality with groove metal's mid-tempo churn, delivering a heavy sound built on syncopated riffs and punishing low-end.
Nashville groove metal outfit formed in 2019, delivering down-tuned, mid-tempo heaviness with the rhythmic punch and Southern swagger that define the genre's post-Pantera lineage.
New Haven, Connecticut act formed in 2014 that fuses groove metal's rhythmic momentum with death metal's vocal ferocity and riff weight, producing a heavy and kinetic sound from the Connecticut underground.
Punta Gorda, Florida band formed in 2010 that has evolved considerably over its career, beginning in progressive power metal before gravitating toward a harder groove and thrash metal sound with a consistently wide-ranging musical sensibility.
Heavy metal band from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, formed in 2017, rooted in traditional metal song craft and occupying a region of Pennsylvania with a long history of working-class rock and metal.
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