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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Sexorcism blast through speed metal, black metal, and punk from Baden-Wurttemberg, combining three of heavy music's most aggressive strains with tongue-in-cheek provocative imagery. Their genre-defying approach channels the chaotic spirit of early extreme metal crossovers.
Sexrex play black 'n' roll from Offenbach, fusing black metal's harsh aesthetics with the swaggering groove of rock 'n' roll. Their Frankfurt-adjacent base and irreverent name position them on the fun, riff-focused end of the black metal spectrum.
Sezarbil are black metal veterans from Brno who have been active since 1997, making them one of the Czech Republic's longest-running black metal acts. Their decades of output have cemented their place in the foundations of the Moravian black metal underground.
Sezession practice black metal from Cologne, their name ("Secession") suggesting a deliberate break from convention. Active since 2011, they've been a steady presence in the Rhineland's black metal underground.
Sg.7 fuse synthwave with raw black metal from Tampere, creating an unlikely but compelling hybrid of electronic retro-futurism and extreme metal. Formed in 2019, they bring neon-lit darkness to the Pirkanmaa underground.
Tolyatti's Shadar Logoth practice black metal named for the Wheel of Time cursed city since 2006. Two decades from Russia's automotive capital channel literary-fantasy darkness into atmospheric compositions.
Shaddai have been practicing black metal from Montreux since 1999, making them one of the longer-running acts in the Swiss black metal underground. Their decades of activity have produced a body of work steeped in darkness and the cold tradition of European black metal.
Umea's Shade of Black practice black metal from the northern Swedish university city since 2011. Over a decade from the Vasterbotten capital, their tonal-darkness name has shaped atmospheric compositions.
Shades of Extinction practice black metal from an undisclosed Slovak location since 2023. Their name of varied dying-out channels the multiple colors of annihilation into compositions of anonymous atmospheric darkness.
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