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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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Devastating Progressive Death Metal from San Antonio.
Scars Remain play thrash, death, and groove metal from Amberg in the Upper Palatinate, blending multiple aggressive styles into a versatile, heavy sound. Their Bavarian output channels the energy of all three genres without being confined to any single one.
Scarset Rebellion craft progressive and technical death metal from the Bayonne/Bordeaux corridor, building demanding compositions from the Basque-Aquitaine region. Emerging in 2025, they bring scarlet rebellion to southwestern France.
Scarve have been forging industrial death/thrash metal from the Lorraine capital of Nancy, combining mechanical textures with aggressive extremity. Active since 2020, they bring industrial-belt intensity to the eastern French scene.
Scarvolk deal in death metal from Nantes, channeling extreme aggression from the Loire-Atlantique capital. Active since 2017, they bring scar-folk brutality to the western French underground.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania's Scathe blend metalcore and death metal in the tradition of bands that refuse to choose between brutal heaviness and emotionally charged song structure, forming in 2015 in a post-industrial Pennsylvania city with a long and underappreciated heavy music history. Their hybrid approach favors the visceral impact of death metal riffing within a more accessible, breakdown-driven metalcore framework.
Death metal band from Maurage in the Hainaut province of Wallonia, active since 2019. Their brutal output represents francophone Belgium's contribution to the death metal underground, delivering visceral extremity from the country's industrial heartland.
Scattered Memories blend melodic groove and death metal from Brunswick, combining rhythmic heaviness with memorable melodic passages. Their Lower Saxon output delivers the best of both worlds: groove metal's headbang-inducing riffs and melodeath's emotional depth.
Scattered Remnants are one of the more durable brutal death metal acts in the New England underground, operating out of Leominster, Massachusetts since 1994 — a three-decade run that puts them in the same vintage as the genre's founding generation. Their longevity is a testament to genuine commitment to brutal death metal's most uncompromising values, outlasting trends and lineup shifts alike.
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