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Belgrade's Sacramental Blood deliver brutal death metal from the Serbian capital since 2014. Their holy-blood name channels the violation of the sacred into compositions of uncompromising capital-city extremity.
Black/death metal band from São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2019. The quintet — Guilherme Melo (vocals), André Guimarães and Luiz Fernando Matiello (guitars), Guilherme Mendes (bass), and Leonardo Michelazzo (drums) — released their debut full-length Prophecies of Plague in June 2020, drawing on themes of the Black Plague, religious abuse of power, and cosmic horror. Their second album IX followed in 2022, a nine-track record released independently on Bandcamp and streaming platforms.
Thrash/death metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, active since 2008. The band, built around vocalist and guitarist Fabbio Webber alongside drummer Everson Krentz and bassist Gustavo Stuepp, released their third album Beyond the Violence in 2012 on Voice Music. The record marked a more mature phase for the band, which had roots going back to an earlier incarnation called Morbid active in the early 1990s.
Sacras is a death metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, who self-released their debut demo in January 1994, featuring tracks such as "Aproximandonos al fin," "Rey de Reyes," and "Nosferatus." The band has remained an independent act throughout their career and made their demo available for free digital download through their Bandcamp page.
Sacred Circle deliver melodic doom/death metal from Helsinki, combining crushing heaviness with circular, ritualistic melodic patterns. Formed in 2020, they bring consecrated weight to the Finnish capital's doom scene.
Sacred Hate deliver deathcore from the Alsatian city of Colmar, combining crushing breakdowns with the contradiction of their name. They bring sacred-profane intensity to the eastern French heavy scene.
Sacred Rituals is a death metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2023. The band released their debut EP Cargando Balas in January 2023, followed by the split Al filo del corvo in 2024.
Formed in 2020 in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria, Sacred Serenity plays progressive death/thrash metal with lyrical themes rooted in religion, spiritualism, and social criticism. Released through Darker Realms Records, their albums "Crossroads" and "Synapse" draw on old-school progressive death traditions while incorporating thrashing intensity.
Sintra's Sacred Sin have been blending death and thrash metal since 2009. Their holy-transgression name and fairy-tale town origins channel the tension between beauty and violence into nearly two decades of compositions.
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