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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Spiritual Holocaust deliver death metal from the northern Finnish coastal town of Raahe, channeling the most extreme spiritual devastation. Active since 2012, they bring purging fire to the Ostrobothnia death metal scene.
Spital deal in death metal from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, channeling extreme aggression from the Ostrobothnia capital. Active since 2014, they bring hospital-named brutality to the northern Finnish scene.
Spiteborn combine death metal with hardcore from Helsinki, fusing extreme metal's heaviness with punk's confrontational energy. Formed in 2019, they bring spite-forged intensity to the Finnish capital's underground.
Spiteful Visions is a Minneapolis death metal and deathcore band formed in 2022, incorporating melodic and technical death metal elements alongside deathcore breakdowns for a multifaceted approach to extreme metal.
Death/thrash metal band from Beernem in West Flanders, formed in 2020. Their aggressive hybrid of death and thrash metal delivers relentless velocity and brutality from the Flemish countryside.
Ruthless Death Metal / Grindcore out of Texas.
Spitting Blood emerged from London in 2007, pairing death metal's brutality with metalcore's visceral breakdowns. Their nearly two decades of activity have yielded a hybrid sound that hits with calculated fury.
Ripping Brutal Death Metal / Grindcore from El Paso.
Splatter Analyst is a California slam and brutal death metal band formed in 2024, built on crushing breakdowns, guttural vocals, and the low-tuned brutality that defines the modern slam aesthetic.
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