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Shards of a Lost World channel black metal from Gottingen through the Occult Voices label, exploring themes of destroyed civilizations and cosmic desolation. Their evocative name sets the tone for music that excavates the ruins of fallen worlds.
California's Shataan began as a black metal project in 2024 before incorporating folk and psychedelic elements — a trajectory their Metal Archives genre description openly acknowledges — making them a rare act willing to move between kvlt severity and earthy, exploratory rock. The combination suggests a project more interested in evolution than genre loyalty.
Shathanas forge black/death metal from the southeastern Finnish city of Kouvola, combining the darkest elements of both genres. Active since 2018, they bring Kymenlaakso aggression to the Finnish extreme underground.
Shattering Ice practice black metal from Aarhus, channeling the cold, crystalline fury of their frozen imagery from Denmark's second city. Active since 2014, they bring Nordic winter atmospheres to the Jutland black metal scene.
Sacramento raw black metal project that surfaced in 2024, embracing the deliberately primitive, corrosive production aesthetic of the raw black metal underground with unfiltered menace.
Black metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, formed in 1995 and built around the duo of Lucinaldo Infernal (guitar, bass) and Rufino Hellfire (vocals, drums). The band released the EP Turning the Cross in September 2020 through Gravadora Inferno, featuring instrumentals originally tracked in 2007 with vocals added in 2020.
Sheidim forge black/death metal from Barcelona, drawing their name from Hebrew demonology to fuel their extreme compositions. Active since 2015, they bring Semitic occultism to the Catalan extreme metal scene.
A black metal act out of Russellville, Alabama, Shekinah has been forging a raw and uncompromising sound since 2010, drawing on orthodox black metal traditions with a distinctly American underground sensibility.
Named for Tolkien's monstrous spider, Cleveland's Shelob spins cold, atmospheric black metal with a predatory patience, building dense webs of tremolo and darkness since 2011.
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