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Sunreaver is a blackened death metal band from Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, formed in 2018, fusing the ferocity of death metal with the cold malevolence of black metal in a style that draws on both American and European extreme metal traditions.
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Sunset Society is a death 'n' roll band from Indianapolis, Indiana, formed in 2022, fusing the brutality of death metal with the swagger and groove of rock and roll in a style that recalls acts like Entombed and Gorefest.
Sunshine deliver melodic death metal and metalcore from Essen, their ironically cheerful name contrasting with the aggressive extremity of their music. Formed in 2020, they bring paradoxical brightness to the Ruhr Valley's heavy scene.
Sunsinger is a progressive death metal project from Plymouth, Massachusetts, formed in 2010, combining the technical and compositional complexity of progressive metal with the intensity and weight of death metal.
Suntorn are a brutal death metal and deathcore band from San Diego, California, formed in 2016, unleashing punishing down-tuned brutality that combines the hyper-technical slaughter of brutal death metal with the breakdowns and heaviness of deathcore.
Suotana deliver melodic death and power metal from the Arctic city of Rovaniemi, combining the anthemic energy of power metal with melodeath's aggressive edge. Active since 2014, they bring Lapland fire to the Finnish melodic metal landscape.
Super Happy Story Time Land is a deathcore and death metal band from Sequim, Washington, formed in 2007, whose deliberately absurdist name belies a genuinely heavy and technically demanding approach to extreme metal.
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