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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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Sulphur Feast deliver melodic death metal from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with the volcanic intensity of the Canary Islands. Active since 2008, they bring brimstone-fueled melody to the Atlantic archipelago.
Sulphurous have been delivering death metal from Copenhagen since 2012, channeling the suffocating, brimstone-laden atmospheres their name evokes. Their decade-plus career has established them as a respected force in the Danish death metal underground.
Summer's Dying have been delivering death metal from Weimar since 2001, channeling extreme aggression from the city of Goethe and Schiller. Their quarter-century of activity provides a stark contrast between their cultural surroundings and their brutal output.
Summoned to Die deliver death metal from the Jutland harbor town of Kolding, channeling the fatal inevitability their name describes. Active since 2018, they bring death-sentenced intensity to the South Jutland scene.
Summoning Hellgates forge black/death metal from Madrid, opening infernal portals through extreme compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring hellish intensity to the Spanish capital's underground.
Sun Decays channel doom/death metal from the Baltic port of Rostock, building ponderous compositions that explore stellar decay and cosmic entropy. Formed in 2023, they bring solar-themed devastation to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Sun of the Dying craft doom/death metal from Madrid, building crushing compositions that explore the dying of the light. Active since 2017, they bring solar-decline themes to the Spanish capital's doom scene.
Graz-based melodic death/groove metal act formed in 2016, blending the melodic hooks of Scandinavian death metal with the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal. Their dual approach balances accessibility with brutality, reflecting Styria's diverse extreme metal ecosystem.
Sunday of the Dead channel doom/death metal from Wurzburg, their name evoking zombie-film imagery through crushing, morbid compositions. Formed in 2020, they bring undead heaviness to the Franconian Main Valley.
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