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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Stake Driver is a Dayton, Ohio black metal band formed in 2021, playing raw and aggressive black metal steeped in the cold, primitive atmosphere of the genre's second-wave roots.
Stalagmite is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania black metal band formed in 2023, carving out a place in the city's active underground metal scene with raw, atmospheric black metal.
Stalen Gezicht practice raw black metal from the Utrecht province with a Dutch name meaning "steel face" since 2019. Their metallic-visage name channels impassive, unyielding aggression through lo-fi compositions.
Stand Alone Evil blend experimental and black metal from an undisclosed Ukrainian location since 2020. Their name of isolated malevolence channels the independence of solitary darkness into boundary-pushing compositions.
Standvast channel black metal from the Groningen/Drenthe border region with a Dutch name meaning "steadfast" since 2016. Their resolute name and northern Dutch origins suit compositions of unwavering atmospheric commitment.
Star Viper is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania blackened heavy and thrash metal band formed in 2022, infusing the cold aggression of black metal into a framework of classic heavy and thrash metal riffing.
Formed in Mobile, Alabama in 2019, Starcaller plays melodic black/death metal that layers sweeping guitar harmonies and atmospheric tremolo work over blasting rhythmic aggression.
Bowling Green, Kentucky symphonic black metal act formed in 2020, Starer combines orchestral grandeur and lush keyboard textures with the ferocity and darkness of black metal.
Novosibirsk's Starless craft atmospheric black metal from Siberia's academic capital since 2019. Their name of absent celestial light channels the void of lightless skies into immersive compositions from the Siberian heartland.
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