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Actin' Up (2023)
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Fertile Green (2012)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Future Sequence: Live at the Fidelitorium (2015)
05/31 @ Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln
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Sielkanker emerged in 2025 as one of France's newest blackened/symphonic deathcore projects, pairing orchestral grandeur with crushing breakdowns. Their Afrikaans-derived name, meaning 'soul cancer,' signals a thematic preoccupation with psychological torment.
Houston thrash/doom/death metal crossover act formed in 2018, drawing from three distinct traditions of extremity to craft a dense, shifting sound rooted in the Texas underground.
Verona's Sight merge black metal, death metal, and experimental elements since 2018. Their minimalist name belies an ambitious approach that refuses to be confined within traditional genre boundaries.
Calcinelli's Sight of Eternity blend death and melodic death metal from the Marche region since 2024. Their name's infinite scope mirrors compositional ambitions that balance brutality with sweeping melody.
Sightless deal in death/black metal from Tampere, channeling extreme aggression without sight through dual-genre compositions. Formed in 2020, they bring blind fury to the Pirkanmaa underground.
Austin death metal outfit Sigil have been grinding out punishing, riff-forward heaviness since 2015, drawing on the city's underground tradition of brutal, no-frills extremity.
Formed in 2024, Sigil of Despair blend the gut-punch rhythmic breakdowns of deathcore with the visceral brutality of straight death metal, a newer act pushing aggression to its limit.
Sigir deliver melodic death metal from the tiny central Finnish village of Vesanto, combining Scandinavian melodeath with small-town Finnish authenticity. Formed in 2023, they bring lakeland intensity to the Finnish melodeath scene.
Death metal band from Aracaju, Sergipe, formed in late 2008, with a lineup featuring Euclides Jr. on vocals and guitar, Fábio Andrade on guitar, Euler Neto on bass, and Doom Borges on drums. The band released two demos, Rebel Souls of Chaos and Sign of Hate, and later the album Death Metal Apocalypse.
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