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Svn.Seeker is a Bristol, Connecticut melodic death metal band formed in 2021, combining the hook-laden melodies and harmonic sensibility of the Gothenburg tradition with the aggression of American death metal.
Svolterr is an Indiana black/death metal and noise act formed in 2024, blending abrasive extremity with dissonant, chaotic textures in the vein of modern bestial underground acts.
Melodic death/groove metal band from Arlon in the Luxembourg province of Wallonia, formed in 2025. Their dual-genre approach bridges melodic death metal's hook-laden aggression with the rhythmic weight of groove metal.
Swallowed blend doom, death, and black metal from Helsinki, creating a consuming hybrid that draws from three extreme genres. Active since 2010, they bring all-engulfing intensity to the Finnish capital's underground.
Swallowed by Apathy is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Newark, Ohio, formed in 2011, merging technically ambitious arrangements with melodic hooks drawn from the Scandinavian death metal tradition.
Swallowed Whole is a Seattle, Washington band formed in 2018 that fuses death metal, doom, and black metal into a dense, morbid sound drawing from the darkest corners of Pacific Northwest extreme metal.
Swamp is a death metal band from Racine, Wisconsin, formed in 2013, delivering straightforward brutality rooted in the old-school death metal ethos of the American Midwest.
Swamp is a Jacksonville, Florida band formed in 2013 that melds death metal aggression with sludge metal's punishing mid-paced heaviness, drawing on Florida's deep extreme metal heritage.
Swamp Gas is a death metal and grindcore band from Everglades City, Florida, formed in 2011, unleashing blasts of putrid extremity that evoke the remote and unforgiving wilderness of the deep Everglades.
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