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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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Sundead deliver melodic black/death metal from Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart, combining harmonic sophistication with extreme aggression. Active since 2018, their paradoxical sun/death name reflects music that balances brightness with brutality.
Sundown play melodic death metal from Aalen on the eastern edge of the Swabian Alps, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with their own Ostalb sensibility. Formed in 2021, they bring twilight-themed intensity to the Baden-Wurttemberg scene.
Sunken Monolith forge black, death, and doom metal from Helsinki, combining three extreme genres into a single submerged monument of heaviness. Emerging in 2025, they bring underwater-obelisk intensity to the Finnish underground.
Sunn have been practicing melodic death metal from the village of Vyrava since 2000, making them one of the Czech Republic's longer-running melodeath acts. Their rural eastern Moravian origins make them an unlikely but enduring voice in the genre.
Sunna Sepdoom deal in death metal from Potsdam, channeling extreme aggression from the Brandenburg capital on Berlin's doorstep. Active since 2017, they bring lethal intensity to the Berlin metropolitan underground.
Sunshine deliver melodic death metal and metalcore from Essen, their ironically cheerful name contrasting with the aggressive extremity of their music. Formed in 2020, they bring paradoxical brightness to the Ruhr Valley's heavy scene.
Suotana deliver melodic death and power metal from the Arctic city of Rovaniemi, combining the anthemic energy of power metal with melodeath's aggressive edge. Active since 2014, they bring Lapland fire to the Finnish melodic metal landscape.
Superdeathflame blast through melodic death and thrash metal from the southeastern Finnish port of Kotka, combining harmonic sophistication with blistering velocity. Active since 2011, they bring incendiary extremity to the Kymenlaakso scene.
Suppuration deal in death metal from Frystak, delivering punishing heaviness from the Moravian countryside. Formed in 2020, they bring fresh brutality to the Czech death metal underground.
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