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Spewtilator is an Atlanta band formed in 2008 that blends thrash metal speed with death metal brutality and grindcore chaos, maintaining a relentless and filthy live presence in the Georgia underground.
The Hague's Spheres deliver death metal from the Dutch seat of government since 2022. Their geometric name and political-capital origins channel systematic precision into compositions of carefully constructed extremity.
Spheric play melodic death metal from Brunswick, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with their own Lower Saxon sensibility. Active since 2013, they bring spherical, encompassing heaviness to the North German melodeath scene.
Spherical blend melodic death and gothic metal from the central Finnish town of Jamsankoski, combining harmonic sophistication with dark romantic themes. Formed in 2019, they bring well-rounded darkness to the Finnish extreme scene.
Spherical Obscenity is a Buffalo, New York band formed in 2017 that combines melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with traditional heavy metal structure, balancing hook-driven riffing against heavier rhythmic attack.
Spheron deal in death metal from Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, channeling extreme aggression from the Palatinate industrial city. Active since 2013, they bring brutal intensity to the Rhine-Neckar region's extreme metal landscape.
Spider Control Rod is a death metal band from Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, formed in 2024, adding a new and abrasive voice to the state's densely populated extreme metal underground.
Spider Corpse is a death metal band from Springfield, Missouri, formed in 2018, delivering punishing riffs and guttural vocals in the tradition of American brutal death metal.
Spike the Tomb is a Pittsburgh melodic death metal band formed in 2012, weaving Gothenburg-influenced melodic leads and twin-guitar harmonies through a backbone of forceful American death metal.
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