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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Subordination deliver melodic death and thrash metal from the Ostrobothnian town of Nivala, combining harmonic sophistication with aggressive velocity. Active since 2012, they bring obedient fury to the western Finnish scene.
Hudiksvall's Subscaria deliver melodic death metal from the Halsingland coast since 2015. Their enigmatic name and origins in the province famed for its UNESCO-listed decorated farmhouses channel northern Swedish heritage into over a decade of melodic intensity.
Monfalcone's Subtraction explore death and progressive metal from the Friulian shipbuilding city since 2012. Their mathematical name suits precise, structurally calculated compositions from the Adriatic industrial coast.
Subtrash deliver thrash and death metal from Wiesloch in Baden, channeling aggressive velocity from the Rhine-Neckar region. Emerging in 2025, they bring fresh extremity to the southwestern German thrash scene.
Metalcore/melodic death metal band from Bruges, formed in 2024, blending modern metalcore dynamics with Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal hooks. Their name evokes urban decay, setting a thematic backdrop for aggressive, emotionally charged music.
Sucking Void deliver death metal from Ulm, channeling the gravitational pull of their name through extreme compositions from the Swabian Danube city. Active since 2012, they bring all-consuming darkness to the Baden-Wurttemberg death metal scene.
Sudden Havoc craft progressive death/thrash metal from the Baltic port of Rostock, building technically demanding compositions since 2005. Their two decades of activity make them veterans of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern extreme metal scene.
Uppsala's Suffer the Consequence deliver death metal from Sweden's academic capital since 2014. Over a decade from the university city, their name of accepting the outcome of one's actions has shaped compositions of intellectually grounded extremity.
Vasteras' Suffer the Pain pair death metal and crust punk from the Vastmanland capital since 2012. Over a decade of channeling the endurance of agony into compositions that merge extremity with punk urgency.
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