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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Wild Child (2023)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Scenario play heavy metal from the northern French city of Lille, channeling classic metal energy from the French-Belgian border. Active since 2013, they bring scripted intensity to the Nord metal scene.
Scenarios blast through black metal, death metal, and grindcore from the German underground, refusing to settle into any single extreme subgenre. Their genre-fluid approach keeps listeners off-balance with rapid shifts between different modes of aggression.
Leksand's Scene of Decay deliver neoclassical melodic death metal from the Dalarna lakeside town since 2022. Their crime-scene name and Siljan origins channel the forensics of deterioration into technically ornate compositions.
Scenery Channel craft progressive rock and metal from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, building elaborate compositions that channel the vast Arctic landscapes of their surroundings. Active since 2016, they bring cinematic prog to the Ostrobothnia region.
Turin's Scent of Darkness deliver funeral doom of glacial pace since 2020. Their Piedmontese origins in Italy's automotive capital contrast sharply with music that moves at the slowest possible velocity.
Scent of Death have been dealing in death metal and hardcore from Dresden since 2002, making them one of the longer-running extreme acts in the Saxon capital. Their two-decade presence bridges multiple generations of the eastern German heavy scene.
Scent of Flesh have been delivering death metal from the southeastern Finnish city of Imatra since 2004, making them one of the longer-running death metal acts in South Karelia. Their two-decade career of olfactory horror represents sustained commitment to extremity.
Sceptor forge heavy metal from Mannheim in the Rhine-Neckar region, channeling classic metal energy from one of Baden-Wurttemberg's industrial powerhouse cities. Formed in 2024, they bring traditional metal fire to the southwestern German scene.
Schakal play heavy and power metal from the Cologne-Leverkusen-Dusseldorf triangle, drawing from three of the Rhine-Ruhr's most vibrant music cities. Their multi-city base reflects the interconnected nature of the North Rhine-Westphalia metal community.
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