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SE · 2011–present · active
Screams of Death deliver death metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2011. Their literal genre-description name channels the vocal extremity of the style itself into over a decade of anonymous compositions.
Schärding, AT · 2020–present · active
A solo melodic death metal project from Schärding, Upper Austria, led by Marc P. Prohaska and formed in 2016, Screams of Tranquility has released four albums — "Rival The Sun" (2020), "Trails Of Oblivion" (2021), "Omens Of Death" (2022), and "No Foot's Print Ever Laid" (2023) — through SODEH Records. Prohaska blends Scandinavian melodeath, American thrash, and black metal influences while exploring themes of social excess and the erosion of collective humanity.
St. Erhard, CH · 2021–present · active
Scriptura deal in thrash and death metal from St. Erhard, combining rapid-fire riffing with death metal's low-end brutality. Their name suggests a thematic engagement with scripture and doctrine, filtered through extreme metal's confrontational lens.
Nuremberg, DE · 1998–present · active
Scruff have been dealing in death metal from Nuremberg since 1998, making them long-standing fixtures of the Franconian extreme metal underground. Their quarter-century of activity spans multiple eras of German death metal.
Nausis, DE · 2010–present · active
Scum blast through black, death, and thrash metal from Nausis, combining three of extreme metal's most aggressive strains into a single, unrelenting force. Active since 2010, they refuse to be pigeonholed into any single subgenre.
Schleswig-Holstein, DE · 2007–present · active
Scum Shall Rise unleash death metal, grindcore, and hardcore from Schleswig-Holstein, combining extreme metal's brutality with punk's confrontational energy since 2007. Their nearly two decades of activity have made them fixtures of the North German underground.
Tours, FR · 2017–present · active
Scumbags blend death metal with hardcore from the Loire Valley city of Tours, fusing extreme metal's heaviness with punk's confrontational energy. Active since 2017, they bring crossover aggression to the Centre-Val de Loire.
Rovaniemi, FI · 2000–present · active
Scumfusion have been dealing in death metal and grindcore from Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle since 2000, making them one of Finland's most geographically extreme bands. Their quarter-century of Arctic grind represents remarkable dedication to extremity from the edge of the habitable world.
Lappeenranta, FI · 2015–present · active
Scumripper blast through black, thrash, and death metal from Lappeenranta near the Russian border, channeling multi-genre extremity from southeastern Finland. Active since 2015, they bring border-region ferocity to the Finnish underground.

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