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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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Trial By Fire (2023)
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Sundead deliver melodic black/death metal from Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart, combining harmonic sophistication with extreme aggression. Active since 2018, their paradoxical sun/death name reflects music that balances brightness with brutality.
Sundown play melodic death metal from Aalen on the eastern edge of the Swabian Alps, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with their own Ostalb sensibility. Formed in 2021, they bring twilight-themed intensity to the Baden-Wurttemberg scene.
Sundowning craft atmospheric sludge metal and post-hardcore from the Essen/Oberhausen/Herten triangle in the Ruhr Valley, building expansive, emotionally charged compositions. Active since 2012, they bring post-metal ambition to the Westphalian industrial heartland.
Sundusk practice black metal from Barcelona, channeling the liminal moment between day and darkness through their atmospheric compositions. Active since 2017, they bring twilight intensity to the Catalan underground.
Sunface deliver sludge and doom metal from Helsinki, building crushing compositions with sun-worship imagery. Active since 2016, they bring solar-faced heaviness to the Finnish capital's sludge/doom scene.
Sunken Monolith forge black, death, and doom metal from Helsinki, combining three extreme genres into a single submerged monument of heaviness. Emerging in 2025, they bring underwater-obelisk intensity to the Finnish underground.
Sunn have been practicing melodic death metal from the village of Vyrava since 2000, making them one of the Czech Republic's longer-running melodeath acts. Their rural eastern Moravian origins make them an unlikely but enduring voice in the genre.
Sunna Sepdoom deal in death metal from Potsdam, channeling extreme aggression from the Brandenburg capital on Berlin's doorstep. Active since 2017, they bring lethal intensity to the Berlin metropolitan underground.
Sunniva blend doom, sludge, and post-metal from Turku, building expansive, heavy compositions named after the medieval Norwegian saint. Active since 2017, they bring hagiographic weight to the southwestern Finnish scene.
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