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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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Stirb ("Die") deliver melodic death/thrash metal from Kehl on the French-German border, channeling aggressive extremity with a blunt, one-word German imperative for a name. Formed in 2021, they bring Rhine-spanning intensity to the Baden metal scene.
Stoic Unrest blend melodic death metal with progressive elements from the German underground, combining emotional intensity with cerebral composition. Formed in 2024, their philosophical name hints at an intellectually engaged approach to extreme metal.
Stolen Soul blend metalcore, melodic death, and groove metal from the Basque town of Mungia, creating a versatile aggressive sound. Formed in 2024, they bring soul-theft intensity to the Basque heavy music scene.
Venice's Storm Cry blend death and melodic death metal from the lagoon city since 2014. Their tempestuous name and Adriatic origins channel maritime fury into compositions that balance brutality with melody.
Cremona's Storm of Particles deliver death and melodic death metal from the Lombard plains since 2016. Their scientific name suggests a bombardment at atomic scale, fitting for music of precise, technical aggression.
Storm Unleashed deliver melodic death metal from the Sauerland towns of Olpe and Finnentrop, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with the rugged energy of their forested, mountainous home region. Active since 2016, they bring stormy intensity to South Westphalia.
Strained craft melodic death metal from the Oulu suburb of Kempele, combining Scandinavian melodeath's harmonic sophistication with tensile intensity. Formed in 2019, they bring taut aggression to the Ostrobothnia scene.
String Theory blend symphonic and melodic death metal from Lahti, building complex compositions that draw parallels between theoretical physics and musical architecture. Active since 2014, they bring quantum-level sophistication to the Paijat-Hame extreme scene.
Gothenburg's Stripebound deliver melodic death metal from the birthplace of the genre since 2008. Nearly two decades from the city that defined melodic death metal, their constraint-themed name has produced compositions of sustained melodic intensity.
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