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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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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Zutphen's Slayne deliver death metal from the Gelderland riverside town since 2015. Their deliberately archaic spelling of "slain" and medieval-city origins add historical weight to their extreme compositions.
Sleazebag fuse doom, death, and sludge metal from Dresden, creating a filthy, tar-thick sound that wallows in the heaviest end of the spectrum. Formed in 2019, they bring sleazy heaviness to the Saxon capital's underground.
Hoogeveen's Sledgehammer Nosejob pair death and thrash metal from the Drenthe countryside since 2013. Their cartoonishly violent name channels absurdist brutality into compositions of genuine, face-rearranging force.
Sleeping Gods craft doom, death, and gothic metal from Kassel, weaving dark romantic atmospheres through crushing heaviness and deep growls. Their Hessian base provides a fitting backdrop for music that explores the space between slumber and divinity.
Vaxjo's Sleeping Majesty merge symphonic death, black, and gothic metal from the Smaland capital since 2018. Their dormant-royalty name channels the slumbering grandeur of unconscious sovereignty into ornate, multi-genre compositions.
Slivers of Silence evolved from heavy/thrash metal into atmospheric/melodic death metal from the Ostrobothnian town of Kauhava, deepening their sound while maintaining their aggressive edge. Active since 2011, they bring quiet-shard intensity to western Finland.
Slow Fall craft progressive melodic death metal from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, building intricate compositions that descend in slow motion. Formed in 2020, they bring Arctic progressive depth to the Finnish melodeath scene.
Slowmotion Downpour deliver melodic doom/death metal from Jyvaskyla, their evocative name perfectly capturing the gradual, drenching heaviness of their compositions. Active since 2011, they bring lakeland melancholy to the Finnish doom/death tradition.
Ljubljana's Slugpit pair black and death metal with punk influences from the Slovenian capital since 2024. Their name combining gastropod slime with a fighting pit channels the visceral energy of degraded combat into compositions of freshly-minted, punk-charged extremity.
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