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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Stary Oskol's Synalgia pair doom and death metal from the Belgorod region's iron-ore city since 2019. Their medical name meaning "referred pain" channels the phenomenon of mislocated suffering into compositions of crushing heaviness from Russia's steel belt.
Atlanta-based technical death metal and mathcore band formed in 2010, combining the dissonant rhythmic complexity of math metal with the brutal precision of tech-death into a demanding, unpredictable sound.
Bosany's Synapse Failure deliver death metal from the Nitra-region village since 2019. Their neurological-malfunction name channels the breakdown of nervous-system communication into compositions of clinical extremity.
Synchronic channel progressive death/thrash metal from Frankfurt, building technically demanding compositions that balance cerebral ambition with aggressive energy. Active since 2008, they represent the sophisticated end of the Hessian extreme metal spectrum.
Syncopate deal in death metal and grindcore from the Thuringian village of Gleichamberg, channeling extreme aggression from the rural southern Thuringian landscape. Active since 2010, their rhythmic-displacement name suits their off-kilter approach to extremity.
Gothenburg's Syndr pair progressive groove and death metal from Sweden's metal capital since 2024. Their Old Norse name meaning "sin" channels ancient Scandinavian transgression into freshly-minted compositions of rhythmically ambitious extremity.
Malmo's Synekrosis deliver death metal from Sweden's third city since 2018. Their Greek-derived name referencing cellular death channels the biological process of tissue necrosis into compositions of Skane-bred extremity.
Progressive deathcore band from Toms River, New Jersey, formed in 2016, blending the breakdowns and vocal extremity of deathcore with the compositional ambition and dynamic shifts of progressive metal.
Blackened death metal and deathcore band from Sale Creek, Tennessee, formed in 2013, fusing the darkness of black metal with death metal aggression and the structural intensity of deathcore.
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