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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Sacred Groove craft melodic gothic metal from Kleve on the Dutch-German border, blending dark romantic atmospheres with melodic hooks. Their Lower Rhine origins place them at a cultural crossroads that informs their accessible yet brooding sound.
Sadatus blend gothic and groove metal from the Ostrobothnian city of Kokkola, combining dark romantic atmospheres with rhythmic heaviness. Formed in 2020, they bring bilingual Finnish-Swedish cultural fusion to their metal.
Stockholm's Sadauk pair symphonic and gothic metal from the Swedish capital since 2019. Their enigmatic name and metropolitan origins channel capital-city grandeur into darkly orchestral compositions.
Saint Astray play melodic gothic metal from Nuremberg, weaving dark romantic themes through accessible, hook-driven compositions. Their Franconian base connects them to a Bavarian metal scene that spans from traditional to gothic extremes.
Delft's Saint Elmo craft gothic metal from the historic Dutch pottery city since 2013. Named for the atmospheric electrical phenomenon, their sound carries the same eerie luminescence and dark beauty.
Saint Ivo craft gothic and doom metal from Germany, blending the brooding aesthetics of goth with doom's crushing weight. Their music channels dark romanticism and ponderous heaviness in equal measure.
Salacia craft gothic metal from Jarvenpaa in the greater Helsinki area, drawing their name from the Roman goddess of the sea. Formed in 2022, they bring aquatic romantic darkness to the Finnish gothic scene.
Samarkand craft gothic metal from Paris, drawing their name from the ancient Silk Road city to fuel exotic, dark romantic compositions. Active since 2014, they bring Central Asian-themed darkness to the French capital.
Apeldoorn's Sanguinarian merge black, gothic, and industrial metal from the Veluwe since 2022. Their vampiric name and forest-city origins channel nocturnal predation through a multi-genre approach.
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