Stemcell is a groove metal band from Muskegon, Michigan. They traffic in the heavy, mid-paced riffing and punishing low-end rhythms that define the groove metal style, emerging from the industrial-influenced musical culture of western Michigan.

Stigmata is a metalcore band from Troy, New York, formed in 2008, incorporating strong influences from crossover thrash, groove metal, and traditional thrash metal. Their sound reflects the hybrid, street-level aggression common to the upstate New York underground metal community.

Santa Rosa, California thrash and groove metal band formed in 2021, combining the crunch of groove-oriented riffing with the speed and energy of Bay Area thrash.

Stonehead is a groove metal band from Farmington Hills, Michigan, formed in 2010, delivering the syncopated, chunky riff patterns and aggressive mid-tempo punch that define the groove metal sound.

Stormbat is a thrash/groove metal band from Watsonville, California, formed in 2013, combining the rhythmic punch of groove metal with thrash's relentless forward momentum.

Storms Within is a heavy/groove metal band from Erie, Pennsylvania, formed in 2023, channeling the rhythmic drive and mid-paced punch of groove metal through a traditional heavy metal framework.

Farmington, Minnesota thrash and groove metal act formed in 2021, blending the rhythmic punch of groove metal with classic thrash aggression to produce heavy, head-banging material.

Groove metal and metalcore band from Kennewick, Washington, formed in 2022, blending down-tuned rhythmic aggression with the melodic sensibilities of modern metalcore. Despite sharing a name with the Massachusetts raw black metal act, this band occupies decidedly heavier, groove-driven territory.

Groove metal band from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 2017, delivering mid-tempo, riff-heavy metal in the vein of Pantera and early Machine Head. The Phoenix metro area's metal underground provides a fertile home for their thick, groove-driven attack.

Groove metal band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2022, delivering heavy mid-tempo riffs in the tradition of 1990s American groove metal. Their Bandcamp handle "structure-doom" suggests an incorporation of doom-inflected heaviness into the groove foundation.

Groove metal band from Uniontown, Ohio, formed in 2017, channeling the heavy, mid-paced attack of American groove metal with a name drawn from the lethal alkaloid strychnine.

Minneapolis heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 2018, blending classic metal muscle with accessible hard rock hooks in the tradition of the genre's golden era.

New York experimental groove metal band formed in 2013, combining the low-end churn of groove metal with unconventional song structures and experimental sonic detours.

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San Diego brutal death metal band formed in 2023, adding to Southern California's thriving extreme metal underground with punishing low-end heaviness and unrelenting aggression.