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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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Stockholm's Stressfest pair thrash and speed metal from the Swedish capital since 2023. Their anxiety-celebration name channels the paradox of festive tension into compositions of freshly-minted, high-velocity aggression.
Strike Back deliver death and thrash metal from the German underground, combining extreme metal's brutality with aggressive velocity. Active since 2015, they bring retaliatory force to the German extreme scene.
Stringface play thrash metal from the Swabian town of Dischingen, channeling old-school aggression from the Bavarian-Baden-Wurttemberg border. Formed in 2023, they bring fresh thrash to the Ostalbkreis region.
Saffle's Stykjarn merge metalcore, death, and thrash metal from the small Varmland town since 2009. Their Swedish name meaning "flat iron" channels the pressing weight of heated metal into over a decade of multi-genre compositions.
Stuck blend progressive thrash metal with crossover and hardcore from Lower Saxony, creating a volatile hybrid that refuses to be confined to a single style. Active since 2018, they bring genre-bending aggression to the North German underground.
Orebro's Stygg Dod thrash from the central Swedish city since 2019. Their Swedish name meaning "ugly death" channels the aesthetic revulsion of mortality into compositions of aggressive, Narke-bred intensity.
Gothenburg's Styggelse have been evolving from black metal to black/thrash metal from Sweden's metal capital. Their Swedish name meaning "abomination" channels the repulsive transgression of sacred boundaries into compositions of West Coast darkness.
Stylet are thrash metal veterans from Olomouc dating back to 1997, making them one of the longer-running acts in the Moravian thrash scene. Their decades of activity represent a sustained commitment to the genre's aggressive foundations.
Molfetta's Subconscious Deceit merge metalcore, progressive, and thrash metal from the Bari coast since 2016. Their name of hidden treachery channels deceptive compositional shifts through Pugliese multi-genre sophistication.
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