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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Sadomator deal in black/death metal from Glamsbjerg on Funen, channeling blasphemous extremity from the Danish countryside. Active since 2018, they bring unflinching brutality to the Scandinavian underground.
Sadorass practice black metal from Salzgitter in Lower Saxony, channeling harsh, uncompromising extremity from Germany's industrial heartland. Their decade-plus of activity since 2013 has produced a body of work steeped in the genre's rawest traditions.
Tietjerk's Sadotank merge black and thrash metal from the Frisian countryside since 2019. Their armored-sadism name channels mechanical violence through compositions of rural Dutch aggression.
Sael practice black metal from the Atlantic port of Rochefort-sur-Mer, channeling maritime darkness from the Charente coast. Active since 2018, they bring ocean-influenced extremity to western France.
Denver's Saeva occupy a distinctive space in the Rocky Mountain metal underground, blending post-black metal's expansive atmospherics with progressive architecture and genuine black metal menace since 2019. Their music breathes at altitude — sprawling, searching, and capable of pivoting from crystalline ambience into punishing darkness within a single track.
Sagas craft atmospheric and progressive black metal from Heppenheim in Hesse, building expansive compositions that prioritize mood and texture over sheer aggression. Their Biological Radio-affiliated output explores the more cerebral, contemplative corners of black metal.
Sagn channel pagan black metal from the Calais/Oye-Plage area of the Pas-de-Calais, drawing on Norse saga traditions from the French side of the English Channel. Formed in 2019, they bring Scandinavian-influenced paganism to the northernmost tip of France.
Istanbul's Sagu practice black metal from the Bosphorus metropolis since 2016. Their enigmatic name and origins in the city straddling two continents channel transcontinental darkness into atmospheric compositions.
Black metal band from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, active since 2015. Their output represents one of the notable extreme metal voices from the Republika Srpska, channeling raw black metal intensity through Balkan sensibilities.
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