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Wonderbox Metal » Groove Metal
3M ago
This is the second album from Belgian progressive metal band Hippotraktor. Stasis contains 47 minutes of material that combines elements of the technical, groove, djent, and post-metal styles into a contemporary progressive metal framework that’s asborbing. For a rough starting point for Stasis, think of a mix of bands such as The Ocean, Tesseract, Uneven ..read more
Wonderbox Metal » Groove Metal
10M ago
This is the second album from Devils Reef, a death metal band from the US. Following on from 2021’s Chosen by the Sea, The Droste Observer is an evolved form of this death metal predator. Offering up a lean, mean 36 minutes of new material, Devils Reef demonstrate that they are worth being mentioned in the ..read more
Wonderbox Metal » Groove Metal
11M ago
This is the fourth album from Swedish metallers Orbit Culture. Both 2020’s Nija and 2021’s Shaman made very good impressions, and now Orbit Culture are back with another 49 minutes of new material in the form of Descent. Orbit Culture’s contemporary blend of groove metal, melodic death metal, thrash, deathcore, and metalcore is once again well-rendered ..read more
Wonderbox Metal » Groove Metal
11M ago
This is the debut album from UK metal band Lokust. Infidel is a 52-minute metal album that uses modern, groove, and thrash metal to produce a crushing assault that’s shockingly accomplished for a debut album. Despite the genre tags I’ve just thrown around though, Infidel might not be what you’re expecting. The songwriting is surprisingly ..read more
Wonderbox Metal » Groove Metal
11M ago
This is the second album from Greek symphonic modern metallers Project Renegade. Ultra Terra is a 57-minute expression of contemporary metallic heaviness that takes in a range of old and new influences to produce an album of catchy, accessible songs. In other words, they play stadium-friendly heavy music with big choruses and symphonic enrichments. Project ..read more
Wonderbox Metal » Groove Metal
11M ago
This is a split between Fit for an Autopsy, Thy Art Is Murder, and Malevolence, who are from the US, Australia, and the UK respectively. It’s the successor of sorts to 2016’s The Depression Sessions. Each band contributes one original and one cover track to this release, which lasts 23 minutes in total. Fit for ..read more
Wonderbox Metal » Groove Metal
11M ago
Viscera are a death/metalcore band from the UK and this is their second album. Carcinogenesis follows on from 2020’s Obsidian, which was a record I loved, so I have been really looking forward to hearing this new one. It has not disappointed. Carcinogenesis once again offers a masterclass in how to play modern heavy music. The ..read more
Wonderbox Metal » Groove Metal
11M ago
This is the debut album from French progressive metal band Ahasver. Ahasver is made up of members of bands such as Eryn Non Dae, Drawers, and Gorod, among others. Causa Sui contains 42 minutes of music that’s a good deal more individual than most you might encounter. The music of Ahasver is a hybrid style that ..read more
Wonderbox Metal » Groove Metal
11M ago
This is the third album from French thrash/heavy metallers Heart Attack. Described in the promo blurb as “the lovechild of Gojira, Machine Head and early Metallica”, this is a decent starting point for approaching Negative Sun. Across 45 minutes, (including a Genesis cover as a bonus track), Heart Attack unleash a mix of old and ..read more
Wonderbox Metal » Groove Metal
11M ago
Malevolence are a metal band from the UK and this is their third album. Malevolence play the sort of groove metal/metalcore hybrid that sounds like it should have been released in the mid-90s. If you take bands like Pantera and Hatebreed, and then throw in a touch of Crowbar, you’ll have a decent reference point ..read more