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Septemberwolf deliver death metal and death 'n' roll from Lahti, combining the genre's aggression with rock 'n' roll swagger. Emerging in 2025, they bring lupine intensity to the Paijat-Hame scene.
Septentrional Depths channel atmospheric death/doom metal from the southwestern French village of La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple, building immersive, heavy compositions. Active since 2018, they bring northern-directed depth to the Tarn-et-Garonne underground.
Emerging from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 2020, Septic Chasm deal in raw, uncompromising death metal rooted in the gutter end of the American tradition. Their sound channels the grimy, cavern-drenched aesthetic that defines contemporary underground death metal. Despite their relatively recent formation, the band carries the weight and conviction of a much older act.
Septic Congestion deal in slam and brutal death metal from Lyngby near Copenhagen, delivering guttural extremity from the Danish capital's northern suburbs. Active since 2016, they bring medical-horror brutality to the Scandinavian slam scene.
Los Angeles death metal act Septic Fumes formed in 2023 and quickly established a reputation for dense, suffocating brutality within the sprawling Southern California underground. Their music draws on the city's long tradition of brutal and old-school death metal, filtered through a modern contempt for polish. They are a young band with an ugly, uncompromising vision.
Septicem is a death metal band from Apizaco, Tlaxcala, Mexico, active since 2002 under the current name (previously operating as Nefroptosis from 1991 and Putrefaccion from 1988). The band is signed to War Chaos Music and has released three full-lengths: "See My Hate" (2006), "Pleasures of War" (2013), and "Inner Fear" (2026).
Viennese death/thrash metal band formed in 2019, channeling the aggression and speed of both genres into a punishing sonic assault. Their music carries forward the legacy of late-'80s crossover extremity with a contemporary edge forged in Austria's active underground metal community.
Septicflesh is a Greek symphonic death metal band formed in Athens in 1990 by brothers Spyridon 'Seth Siro Anton' Antoniou and Christos Antoniou alongside guitarist Sotiris Vagenas, initially releasing dark and gothic-inflected death metal records through the 1990s. Following a hiatus, the band reformed in 2007 with a dramatically expanded sound incorporating the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and a full choir, debuting this approach on Communion (2008) through Season of Mist. Subsequent albums including The Great Mass (2011), Titan (2014), Codex Omega (2017), and Modern Primitive (2022) cemented their status as one of extreme metal's most technically and orchestrally ambitious acts, and in 2024 they became the first metal band to perform at the historic Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens.
Ivanovo's Septicopyemia pair death metal and grindcore from the central Russian textile city since 2011. Their medical-horror name channels systemic infection into compositions of relentless extremity.
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