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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Kragujevac's Samerah Ray pair death and melodic death metal from the central Serbian city since 2014. Their distinctive name and Šumadija origins channel the heartland of Serbian identity into compositions balancing brutality with melody.
Sami Anttila crafts melodic death and groove metal from the Finnish underground, building engaging compositions as a solo project. Active since 2008, his work brings personal artistic vision to the Finnish metal landscape.
Sanctuary of Hate deliver melodic death and thrash metal from Lahti, combining the harmonic sophistication of melodeath with thrash's aggressive velocity. Formed in 2019, they bring hateful sanctuary to the Paijat-Hame extreme scene.
Petrozavodsk's Sandarmoh pair black, death, and melodic death metal named for the infamous Soviet execution site since 2019. Their Karelian origins and memorial name channel the weight of historical atrocity into extreme compositions.
Uzlovaya's Sangvis pair death, melodic death, and metalcore from the Tula region since 2018. Their Latin blood-name and central Russian origins channel vital fluid into compositions of multi-genre intensity.
Yekaterinburg's Sarpentra merge black, death, and melodic death metal from the Ural capital since 2013. Their serpentine name and gateway-to-Asia origins channel ophidian darkness into multi-genre compositions.
Melodic death metal band from Kortrijk in West Flanders, formed in 2020. Their Scandinavian-influenced approach to melodic death metal adds a Belgian perspective to the genre's tradition of balancing melody with aggression.
Stockholm's Satariel have been evolving from black metal to melodic death metal since 1998. Named for the fallen angel, nearly three decades of capital-city activity have produced one of Stockholm's most enduring extreme metal legacies.
Sati blend melodic death metal with metalcore, combining Scandinavian melodeath's guitar harmonies with the rhythmic punch of modern heavy music. Their German outfit delivers a polished take on the melodic extreme metal crossover.
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