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Solipcyst is a brutal death metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 2023, channeling the hyper-aggressive, clinically precise aesthetic of the brutal death metal underground into the Twin Cities extreme music scene.
Sons of Chaos is a technical brutal death metal band from Vacaville, California, formed in 2012, delivering punishing, precision-driven extremity rooted in the dense, technical tradition of the American brutal death metal scene.
Soul Gatherer is a brutal death metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2023, delivering high-intensity, technically driven brutality in a city with a long-standing tradition of extreme metal.
Sounds of Chaos Below is a Topeka, Kansas band formed in 2022 that combines blackened death metal ferocity with brutal death metal density, carving out a particularly savage corner of the extreme metal underground in the American heartland.
Birmingham's Spawned from Hate deliver brutal and standard death metal with an unflinching approach to extremity. Since 2012, they have built a reputation in the West Midlands for punishing live performances.
Spazmic is a brutal death metal and goregrind band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2008, operating at the extreme end of the underground with dense, abrasive recordings that blend the gore-splattered imagery and brutality of the genre's most uncompromising practitioners.
Species Splicer is a Lynnwood, Washington band formed in 2017 that operates in the overlapping territory of blackened brutal death metal and deathcore. Their sound grafts the chromatic density and guttural extremity of brutal death metal onto deathcore's breakdown-heavy architecture, with black metal atmosphere woven throughout.
Spinal Deformation deal in brutal death metal from the German underground, their orthopedic-horror name reflecting the genre's tradition of medical grotesquerie. Formed in 2023, they bring bone-twisting brutality to the extreme scene.
Spinal Fluid is a Minneapolis slam and brutal death metal band formed in 2025, focused on the pit-ready downtuned breakdowns and guttural extremity that define the slam subgenre.
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