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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Stadium Eternus is a Portland, Oregon band formed in 2017 that began with traditional heavy metal before evolving toward atmospheric black metal and ambient soundscapes, blending vast, ethereal textures with black metal's raw intensity.
Stag is a black/doom metal band from Columbia, Missouri, formed in 2011, merging the desolate grimness of black metal with doom metal's slow, grief-laden heaviness.
Saint Petersburg's Stagnatus pair industrial and black metal from the cultural capital since 2020. Their stagnation-themed name channels the cessation of movement into compositions that merge mechanical precision with atmospheric darkness.
Stahl Gorthorl is a black metal band from San Antonio, Texas, formed in 2014, practicing raw and misanthropic black metal rooted in the Nordic tradition with a distinctly underground aesthetic.
Stahlhelm ("Steel Helmet") forge black/thrash metal from Espoo near Helsinki, combining the atmospheric darkness of black metal with thrash's velocity. Formed in 2019, they bring military-industrial intensity to the Helsinki metropolitan underground.
Stahlkommandeur ("Steel Commander") unleash blackened death metal from Munich, combining the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing brutality. Formed in 2023, they bring military-themed extremity to the Bavarian capital.
Stahlmagen ("Steel Stomach") craft melodic and epic black/gothic metal from Goppingen in Baden-Wurttemberg, blending atmospheric grandeur with the iron constitution their name implies. Active since 2018, they bring an unusually ornate approach to Swabian extreme metal.
Suffolk's Stahlsarg deliver cold, uncompromising black metal with a name borrowed from German for "steel coffin." Since 2015, their output has been characterized by relentless blasting and razor-sharp tremolo work.
Stained Blood evolved from melodic death metal/deathcore into a more black/melodic death metal direction from the Barcelona area, deepening their extremity while maintaining melodic sophistication. Active since 2006, they're veterans of the Catalan extreme scene.
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