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Slaughter & Apparatus - A Methodical Overture (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Sawhill Sacrifice evolved from black/thrash metal origins into a more straightforward black metal direction from Hyvinkaa in southern Finland. Active since 2014, they bring sawmill-town grit to the Finnish black metal scene.
Saxorior play melodic black metal from Pirna near Dresden, weaving atmospheric melodies through harsh black metal frameworks. Their Saxon roots are literally embedded in their name, connecting their music to the region's identity.
Saxtorph channel depressive black metal from Copenhagen, exploring the genre's most anguished emotional territory from the Danish capital. Active since 2014, they bring introspective suffering to the Scandinavian black metal landscape.
Sazernyst channel black metal from the Lombard towns of Palazzolo and Nembro since 2014. Their mysterious name and provincial origins reflect the Italian tradition of black metal flourishing in unexpected rural settings.
SBS channel black metal from Berlin under their Suburban Sound banner, operating within the German capital's vast underground scene. Their metropolitan base provides access to one of Europe's most diverse metal communities.
Sbul Driz weave atmospheric black metal with Viking themes from the remote Abruzzese mountain village of Pizzoferrato since 2019. Their location in the wild Apennine highlands naturally informs their evocations of ancient Nordic landscapes.
Scabiei forge black/death metal from the northern French city of Lille, their scabies-inspired Latin name reflecting the itching extremity of their sound. Emerging in 2025, they bring infectious darkness to the Nord-Pas-de-Calais underground.
Scabz deliver melodic death/black metal from Ulm, blending the harmonic sophistication of melodeath with black metal's atmospheric intensity. Their Swabian base places them in southern Germany's thriving extreme metal landscape.
Scapegoats fuse black metal, death metal, and metalcore from the Fribourg/Neuchatel area, forging a crossover sound that draws from multiple extremes. Formed in 2019, they represent the newer generation of Swiss heavy music that refuses to be confined to a single subgenre.
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European Metal Index is an index of European heavy metal bands — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, and all heavy music. Browse bands by genre, find metal concerts near you, and discover the European metal scene.