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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Sulphur Aeon channel blackened death metal from Waltrop in Westphalia, drawing heavily on Lovecraftian cosmic horror for their thematic material. Their albums have earned them widespread acclaim for combining crushing death metal with otherworldly, oceanic atmospheres that evoke the dread of cosmic entities.
Sulphur Feast deliver melodic death metal from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with the volcanic intensity of the Canary Islands. Active since 2008, they bring brimstone-fueled melody to the Atlantic archipelago.
Sulphurous have been delivering death metal from Copenhagen since 2012, channeling the suffocating, brimstone-laden atmospheres their name evokes. Their decade-plus career has established them as a respected force in the Danish death metal underground.
Sulphurous Burial is a death metal band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2020, playing putrid and cavernous death metal in the vein of the genre's most sepulchral traditions.
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Summanus is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania blackened death metal band formed in 2021, drawing on the name of the Roman deity of nocturnal thunder to frame a sound that merges black metal atmosphere with death metal ferocity.
Summary Execution is a US black/death metal band formed in 2022, delivering a harsh and uncompromising combination of black metal malice and death metal brutality.
Summer Dying is a melodic death metal band from Lansing, Michigan, active since 2001, crafting emotionally charged, guitar-driven compositions rooted in the Gothenburg-influenced style of the genre.
Summer's Dying have been delivering death metal from Weimar since 2001, channeling extreme aggression from the city of Goethe and Schiller. Their quarter-century of activity provides a stark contrast between their cultural surroundings and their brutal output.
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