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Silent Circus combine metalcore with groove metal from Neuenhof, delivering pit-ready breakdowns alongside heavy, rhythmic riffing. Their Swiss approach to the modern heavy music crossover favors intensity and rhythmic impact.
Silent Fracture deliver melodic death metal and metalcore from Copenhagen, combining Scandinavian melodeath's harmonic sophistication with modern breakdowns. Formed in 2019, they bring fractured intensity to the Danish capital.
Silent Injury merges melodic death metal with metalcore from Rouen, having launched in 2025 as one of Normandy's newest heavy acts. Their debut material balances Scandinavian-style melodic leads with the rhythmic aggression of modern metalcore.
Silicium blends thrash metal, groove metal, and metalcore from Bordeaux, having formed in 2024. Their multifaceted approach to heavy music reflects the stylistic cross-pollination that defines the current generation of French metal bands.
Silverwave blend groove metal with metalcore from Madrid, combining rhythmic heaviness with modern breakdowns and melodic hooks. Formed in 2019, they bring shimmering aggression to the Spanish capital's heavy scene.
Since the Day have been playing metalcore from the Siegerland region since 1996, making them one of the earliest metalcore acts in Germany. Their nearly three decades of activity predates metalcore's mainstream breakthrough and spans its entire evolution in the German scene.
Limerick's Sinister Divide bring metalcore's emotional intensity to Ireland's Treaty City since 2013. Their name suggests a dark separation, and their sound navigates the divide between aggression and vulnerability.
Sinworks blend death metal with metalcore from Berlin, combining extreme metal's brutality with the rhythmic punch of modern heavy music. Active since 2013, they draw from the German capital's vast and diverse metal ecosystem.
Six Reasons to Kill evolved from metalcore origins into a more melodic death metal direction, tracing a trajectory from breakdown-driven aggression toward Scandinavian-influenced melodeath. Based in Koblenz since 2000, they've been a defining force in the Rhineland-Palatinate heavy music scene for over two decades.
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