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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
Trial By Fire (2023)
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Sarkastic Demons deliver heavy metal from Barcelona, combining classic metal riffing with the darkly sardonic edge their name implies. Active since 2014, they bring demonic wit to the Catalan metal scene.
Sarkophag channel doom/death metal from the Ore Mountains town of Annaberg-Buchholz, building sepulchral compositions that suit their tomb-inspired name. Their Saxon mountain origins lend a cold, isolated atmosphere to their crushing sound.
Sarkrista practice black metal from Schleswig in Germany's far north, channeling the genre's icy atmospheres from a region closer to Scandinavia than to the rest of Germany. Their northern location naturally informs their cold, aggressive sound.
Stockholm's Sarmatia deliver death metal from the Swedish capital since 2017. Named for the ancient Eurasian nomadic people, their historical reference channels the warrior culture of the Pontic steppe into compositions of capital-city extremity.
Sarnath channel black metal from Solothurn, drawing their name and thematic inspiration from Lovecraftian mythology. Their approach to the genre favors atmospheric menace and cosmic dread over sheer velocity.
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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.
Sarraski evolved from hardcore punk origins into a thrash/crossover direction from Bilbao, tracing the natural bridge between punk and metal that defines the Basque underground. Active since 2020, they bring Basque urban aggression to the crossover scene.
Sars blend grindcore, hardcore, and death metal from Turku, their pandemic-themed name reflecting the viral intensity of their music. Formed in 2021, they bring contagious aggression to the southwestern Finnish scene.
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