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Featured Album
Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Song To The Siren" by This Mortal Coil (written by Tim Buckley) (2021)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Rehab (24-bit HD Audio, Bonus Tracks Version) (2023)
05/22 @ Yuengling Center, Tampa
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Krasnodar's Sulphur Sovereign practice black metal from the Kuban capital since 2022. Their brimstone-ruler name channels the infernal authority of hell's element into compositions of southern Russian darkness.
Turin's Sulphureum practice black metal from the Piedmontese capital since 2022. Their sulphurous name channels hellfire and brimstone imagery into compositions of atmospheric, infernal intensity.
Sulphurous have been delivering death metal from Copenhagen since 2012, channeling the suffocating, brimstone-laden atmospheres their name evokes. Their decade-plus career has established them as a respected force in the Danish death metal underground.
Sult (Danish for "Hunger") practice black metal from Copenhagen, channeling the genre's voracious intensity from the Danish capital. Active since 2012, their name references Knut Hamsun's seminal novel, adding literary depth to their extreme output.
Sum of Seven craft progressive metal from Turku, building intricate compositions that explore mathematical themes. Active since 2015, they bring numbered precision to the southwestern Finnish progressive scene.
Sumea (Finnish for "Blurry") blend progressive, psychedelic stoner, and doom metal from Helsinki, building hazy, mind-bending compositions. Formed in 2022, they bring fuzzy, out-of-focus heaviness to the Finnish capital.
Sumerian Tombs practice black metal from Cologne, drawing on ancient Mesopotamian themes to fuel their dark compositions. Formed in 2021, they bring archaeological depth to the Rhineland black metal scene.
Sumeus (Finnish for "Haziness") combine black metal with ambient from the Finnish underground, creating blurred, atmospheric compositions. Formed in 2023, they bring misty darkness to the Finnish black metal scene.
Summer's Dying have been delivering death metal from Weimar since 2001, channeling extreme aggression from the city of Goethe and Schiller. Their quarter-century of activity provides a stark contrast between their cultural surroundings and their brutal output.
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