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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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Saul have been delivering melodic death and thrash metal from the Normandy city of Caen since 2003, making them veterans of the Norman extreme metal scene. Their two decades of biblical-king-named aggression represent sustained commitment.
Saurus deal in death metal from the Alpine city of Gap, channeling prehistoric brutality from the French Southern Alps. Active since 2011, they bring dinosaur-themed extremity to the Hautes-Alpes region.
SauruXet blend heavy/power metal with hard rock from Helsinki, combining classic metal grandeur with rock's accessibility. Active since 2017, they bring reptilian-named energy to the Finnish capital's traditional metal scene.
Sauvan Sankari (Finnish for "Hero of the Wand/Staff") channel raw black metal from the Finnish underground, embracing the lo-fi aesthetic of the genre's rawest practitioners. Formed in 2020, they bring shamanistic themes to Finnish black metal.
Savage Annihilation deliver death metal from the Loiret town of Montargis, channeling the total devastation their name promises. Active since 2012, they bring savage intensity to the Centre-Val de Loire scene.
Savage Blood forge heavy metal from Osnabruck, channeling the raw power and primal energy that their name demands. Active since 2016, they deliver classic metal riffing with an unapologetically aggressive edge.
Norrahammar's Savage Captor thrash from the Jonkoping suburb since 2024. Their predatory-imprisoner name channels the violence of capture into compositions of freshly-minted Smaland aggression.
Gothenburg's Savage Heart play heavy metal from Sweden's metal capital since 2016. Their primal-courage name channels the ferocity of untamed emotion into traditional metal compositions from the West Coast.
Bollnas' Savage Mania thrash from the Halsingland town since 2026. Their wild-frenzy name channels uncontrolled ferocity into compositions of brand-new, northern Swedish aggression.
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