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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Day Is Done" by Nick Drake (2021)
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Segle XIII ("13th Century" in Catalan) craft symphonic metal from the medieval Catalan city of Vic, their period-specific name informing historically themed orchestral compositions. Active since 2004, they bring two decades of medieval grandeur to the Catalan metal scene.
Segmentia deliver melodic heavy metal from the Ostrobothnian city of Seinajoki, combining classic metal melodies with segmented, dynamic arrangements. Formed in 2023, they bring fresh melodic energy to the western Finnish scene.
Segundo Impacto ("Second Impact") channel hardcore, death, and sludge metal from Madrid, creating a punishing multi-genre assault. Formed in 2020, they bring devastating crossover energy to the Spanish capital's underground.
Seide practice black metal from Paris, channeling the genre's dark intensity from the French capital since 2009. Their nearly two decades of Parisian darkness make them fixtures of the Ile-de-France underground.
Murmansk's Seids play heavy metal from the Arctic port since 2014. Named for the sacred Sámi stone formations, their Kola Peninsula origins channel indigenous Arctic spirituality into traditional metal.
Seidur practice pagan black metal from Turku, drawing their name from the Norse magical tradition of seidr. Formed in 2023, they bring shamanistic practices to the southwestern Finnish black metal scene.
Seith deliver melodic doom/death metal from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, combining sorrowful melodies with crushing heaviness and Nordic-mystic themes. Formed in 2019, they bring the depths of Finnish darkness to their doom/death craft.
Thrash metal band from Pernik, Bulgaria, formed in 2023. Their name's carpe diem philosophy drives an urgent, energetic approach to thrash from a city historically known for its mining industry.
Sejr (Danish for "Victory") practice black metal from Copenhagen, channeling the genre's dark triumph through their compositions. Active since 2014, they bring victorious darkness to the Danish capital's black metal scene.
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