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SABO play heavy metal and hard rock from the Estonian capital Tallinn, channeling classic metal energy from the Baltic shores. Active since 2012, they bring traditional metal to Estonia's compact but passionate metal community.
A heavy metal band founded in Korneuburg, Lower Austria in 1979 by brothers Gerald and Franz Streicher, Sabotage were active through 1991 and won the 1988 Heavy Metal Battle competition, one of Austria's early metal contests. They contributed tracks to the Heavy Metal Battle LP 1989 on Breakin' Records, leaving a small but documented footprint in the country's nascent metal scene.
Lynnwood, Washington's Sabre have been sharpening their thrash attack since 2010, drawing on the Pacific Northwest's long tradition of heavy music built for damp, grey skies and relentless energy. They trade in razor riffs and velocity-first songwriting that keeps classic thrash values intact without retreating into nostalgia.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Videira, Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded in 2004 by guitarist and vocalist Elias Scopel Liebl alongside drummer Mario Oliva and bassist Wagner Maschio, with Guilherme Oliveira on lead vocals. The band released the debut EP Boemia in 2006, recorded at Passagem de Som Studio in Curitiba, followed by the album Burning Wheels in 2007. After an intense run of shows across southern Brazil and São Paulo, the band entered a hiatus in 2011 and briefly resumed activity in 2015–2016.
Sacrafice play heavy metal from Detmold in North Rhine-Westphalia, bringing traditional metal energy to the Teutoburg Forest region. Their deliberately misspelled name adds a distinctive twist to their classic metal approach.
Sacral Night deliver heavy metal from the Alpine city of Grenoble, channeling classic metal energy with sacred-night themes. Active since 2017, they bring mountain-forged traditional metal to the Dauphine region.
Sacrament evolved from power/thrash metal origins into a more power/heavy metal direction, tracing a trajectory from aggressive velocity toward anthemic grandeur. Based in Nuremberg, they draw from Bavaria's rich tradition of melodic European metal.
Sacrasanct has been playing heavy metal from Manchester since 1990, making them one of the longest-running acts in this collection. Over three decades, they have maintained a steadfast commitment to classic heavy metal from one of England's most musically productive cities.
Sacred Alien channels the spirit of NWOBHM and classic heavy metal from Manchester, active since 2020. Their retro-minded approach consciously revives the anthemic, twin-guitar sound that defined British metal's golden age in the early 1980s.
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