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Featured Album
Impetus Odi (2021)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Trial By Fire (2023)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Brazen (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Enemy Of God (Remastered) (2024)
05/22 @ The Paramount in concert with Northwell, Huntington
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S4SA craft progressive heavy metal from the French underground, building elaborate compositions. Active since 2017, they bring formula-driven ambition to the French progressive metal scene.
S91 explore progressive metal from the Tuscan village of Montecarlo near Lucca since 2017. Their clinical, numerical name contrasts with the rustic beauty of their surroundings, hinting at a precisely engineered sound.
S:S:S practice black metal from Frankenberg in Saxony, channeling the genre's atmospheric darkness through their compositions. Their minimalist name mirrors a stripped-back, essentialist approach to black metal.
Sa-da-ko blends melodic death metal, groove metal, and metalcore from Liverpool since 2010. Named after the vengeful spirit from Japanese horror folklore, their compositions merge Merseyside's musical intensity with multi-genre metallic aggression.
SAAC channel raw black metal from Espoo near Helsinki, embracing the lo-fi aesthetic that defines the genre's rawest wing. Formed in 2021, they bring stripped-back darkness to the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Saarkoth crafts melodic black metal from the cathedral city of Lichfield in Staffordshire, active since 2017. Their compositions pair tremolo-picked melodic lines with atmospheric black metal textures, emerging from the heart of the English Midlands.
Saars play thrash metal from Brno, emerging in 2025 as a fresh voice in the Czech Republic's storied thrash scene. Their approach channels the genre's foundational aggression through a modern production lens.
Saasta (Finnish for "Filth") forge doom/death metal from the southeastern Finnish port of Kotka, channeling the morbid weight of both genres. Formed in 2022, they bring Kymenlaakso darkness to the Finnish doom/death scene.
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