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Sarkophag channel doom/death metal from the Ore Mountains town of Annaberg-Buchholz, building sepulchral compositions that suit their tomb-inspired name. Their Saxon mountain origins lend a cold, isolated atmosphere to their crushing sound.
Satan's Satyrs is a doom and heavy metal band from Herndon, Virginia, founded in 2009 by multi-instrumentalist Clayton Burgess while still in high school, blending the downtuned psychedelic weight of Electric Wizard with the aggression of Black Flag. The band gained notable recognition when Electric Wizard championed them and invited Burgess to perform at the 2013 Roadburn Festival, eventually leading to Burgess joining Electric Wizard as bassist. After releasing three LPs—Wild Beyond Belief (2012), Die Screaming (2014), and Don't Deliver Us (2015)—the band disbanded in 2019 before Burgess revived the project with a new lineup in 2023.
Black/doom metal project from Goiânia, Goiás, formed in 2018, composed and recorded entirely by Alexander Massaini under the alias Cron Demom, with guest contributions from collaborators Cron Belial and Cron Bael. The project released two EPs in 2019: Buried Alive in August and Registro negro in October, both available independently on Bandcamp.
Founded in Salzburg in 2011, Sativa Root play entirely instrumental psychedelic stoner/doom metal, releasing three full-lengths including "Megalobong" and the 2023 album "Kings of the Weed Age," a six-track, 54-minute record recorded and mixed by Georg Traschwandtner. Their hypnotic approach forgoes vocals entirely, letting massive, slowly unfurling riffs and dynamic shifts carry the weight of each piece.
Satta Caveira are a stoner and heavy psych trio from San Miguel, Argentina, consisting of Cristian Villagra (guitar), Jonatan Emilio (bass), and Gonzalo Void (drums). The band debuted in 2015 with the "Mushrooms Session" EP and the self-titled album — recorded live on 2" tape at Estudio El Attic with no edits or overdubs — and released their third record, "MMI," in August 2018.
Satuaria craft doom/death metal from the German underground, building ponderous, crushing compositions that channel both genres' heaviest impulses. Their sound favors the slow, deliberate devastation that defines the doom/death intersection.
Saturn Twilight channel doom metal from the Finnish underground, building ponderous compositions inspired by the gas giant's dying light. Active since 2017, they bring planetary weight to the Finnish doom tradition.
Psychedelic sludge/doom metal band from São Paulo, active since 2012, featuring guitarist and vocalist Felipe Dalam, bassist Welder Rodrigues, and drummer Lucas Melo. The band released their self-titled debut album in 2015, followed by RLC in 2017, and their third full-length Geom in March 2025, recorded at High Five Studios and mastered by Fernando Sanches.
Uppsala's Saturniids pair sludge and doom metal from Sweden's ecclesiastical capital since 2021. Named for the giant silk moth family, their entomological reference channels the weight of enormous nocturnal wings into compositions of crushing heaviness.
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