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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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Scumworm blend grindcore, death metal, and sludge from Seville, creating a filthy hybrid of extremity from the Andalusian capital. Active since 2016, they bring invertebrate repulsiveness to the southern Spanish underground.
Naples' Scuorn weave black, folk, and symphonic metal with a Neapolitan dialect name since 2008. Their use of local language and folk traditions creates a sound deeply rooted in Campanian cultural identity.
Scurrilous blast through grindcore and death metal from the Alpine resort of Annecy, channeling extreme aggression from the shores of one of France's most beautiful lakes. Active since 2014, they bring scurrilous brutality to the Savoyard underground.
Styrian black metal project channeling raw, uncompromising aggression from the Austrian countryside. Their output reflects a lo-fi, underground approach to the genre with stripped-down production and tremolo-driven compositions.
Scythe for Sore Eyes craft progressive and melodic heavy metal from Helsinki, their punning name adding wit to their technically ambitious compositions. Formed in 2019, they bring reaper-themed melody to the Finnish capital.
Scythe of Sorrow deliver melodic death metal from Helsinki, combining the Scandinavian melodeath tradition with themes of harvested grief. Formed in 2023, they bring sorrowful intensity to the Finnish capital's extreme scene.
Scythed deliver power and heavy metal from Meppen in Lower Saxony, combining anthemic compositions with the cutting-edge imagery their reaper-themed name suggests. Their Emsland base places them in one of Germany's most rural northwestern regions.
Venice's Scyther pair heavy and thrash metal from the floating city since 2024. Their blade-themed name cuts through the romantic associations of their home with aggressive, no-frills metal.
Scythes deliver death and thrash metal from the Picardy town of Compiegne, combining the harvesting imagery of their name with aggressive extremity. Active since 2011, they bring reaping intensity to the Oise Valley scene.
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