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Succumb to Demise is a technical deathcore band from Lexington, Kentucky, formed in 2017, combining the intricate fretwork of technical death metal with deathcore's breakdowns and aggressive vocal style.
Suffer is a Dayton, Ohio deathcore band formed in 1993, combining death metal brutality with the breakdowns and aggression of deathcore in the fertile Ohio heavy music underground.
Dallas deathcore act formed in 2017, blending the crushing breakdowns and guttural extremity of death metal with the rhythmic aggression of the deathcore genre.
Wichita, Kansas band formed in 2019 that evolved from deathcore roots into a symphonic and melodic death metal sound, incorporating orchestral elements and sweeping melodic structures alongside extreme metal aggression.
Formed in Riverside, California in 2002, Suicide Silence became one of the defining bands of the deathcore movement under the tenure of vocalist Mitch Lucker. Their 2007 Century Media debut The Cleansing brought the genre significant mainstream attention, followed by No Time to Bleed (2009) and The Black Crown (2011). Lucker died in November 2012 following a motorcycle accident; the band continued with new vocalist Hernan 'Eddie' Hermida and is frequently cited alongside Whitechapel, Thy Art is Murder, and Job for a Cowboy as one of deathcore's founding pillars.
Suigenocide is a Seattle, Washington technical death metal and deathcore band formed in 2023, combining intricate riffing and complex structures with the brutality of the deathcore aesthetic.
Summoning the Lich is a St. Louis, Missouri outfit formed in 2020 that combines melodic death metal hooks with the crushing breakdowns of deathcore, drawing on fantasy and occult themes in their lyrical world.
Sun Speaker is a Phoenix, Arizona act formed in 2018 that blends blackened melodic death metal with deathcore, pairing soaring melodic leads with blast-driven aggression and heavy breakdowns.
Suncinder is a Detroit, Michigan act formed in 2019 that melds progressive melodic death metal with deathcore, layering technical riffing and melodic complexity over punishing, breakdown-driven passages.
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