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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Stortregn have built an impressive catalog of technical melodic black/death metal from Geneva since 2005, with albums like "Finitude" and "Impermanence" demonstrating their evolution from Nordic-influenced black metal into a more distinctive technical style. Their charging riffs and blast beats are balanced by genuine compositional sophistication, earning them recognition as one of Switzerland's premier extreme metal exports.
Stovokor is a death metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2004, known for their distinctive Klingon-warrior concept and delivering bludgeoning death metal in the old-school tradition.
Straight Forward craft progressive death metal from Mansfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, building technically demanding compositions from the former copper mining town. Active since 2011, they bring cerebral death metal to the Harz region.
Straight from Hell deliver death metal and deathcore from Fulda in eastern Hesse, channeling hellfire-inspired extremity from the historic bishop's city. Active since 2014, their direct-from-the-inferno approach brings uncompromising aggression.
Strain on Society deliver death and groove metal from Tampere, combining extreme metal aggression with rhythmic heaviness. Formed in 2023, they bring societal pressure to the Pirkanmaa underground.
Strained craft melodic death metal from the Oulu suburb of Kempele, combining Scandinavian melodeath's harmonic sophistication with tensile intensity. Formed in 2019, they bring taut aggression to the Ostrobothnia scene.
Death metal band from West Flanders with a memorably macabre name, active since 2012. Their surgical-themed identity sets the stage for visceral death metal that doesn't shy from the genre's most grotesque imagery.
Strangled deliver thrash and death metal from Hamburg, combining the velocity of thrash with death metal's crushing weight. Formed in 2019, they bring choking intensity to the Hanseatic extreme metal scene.
Los Angeles-based progressive death metal band formed in 2013, combining the technical and compositional complexity of progressive metal with the ferocity and downtuned brutality of death metal.
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