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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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The Atlantic Albums (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Slowburn deliver heavy metal from Madrid, channeling the slow-building intensity their name describes through powerful compositions. Formed in 2020, they bring gradually intensifying metal to the Spanish capital.
Boden's Slowgate have evolved from heavy/thrash metal to groove metal/metalcore from the Norrbotten garrison city since 2023. Their measured-passage name channels the deliberate pace of restricted entry into compositions of military-town intensity.
Slyther is a heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2023, drawing on classic metal traditions to craft a straightforward and hard-hitting sound in the early stages of their career.
Slaegt evolved from straightforward black metal into a hybrid of black and heavy metal from Copenhagen, creating one of the Danish underground's most distinctive and acclaimed acts. Their ability to blend classic metal songcraft with black metal's atmospheric intensity has earned them international recognition.
Smaug is a Colorado Springs heavy metal band formed in 2020, blending doom-laden tempos with thrash metal punch and classic heavy metal structure, named after the legendary dragon of Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Smithereenz is a heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 2022, delivering energetic guitar-driven music rooted in the melodic and accessible end of the heavy metal spectrum.
Smoke Healer is a stoner and heavy metal band from Hebron, Kentucky, formed in 2015, blending the slow, fuzz-laden grooves of stoner metal with traditional heavy metal riffing and a hard rock foundation.
Smokescreen is a progressive heavy and power metal band from Pelham Manor, New York, formed in 2025, combining soaring melodic power metal songwriting with progressive metal's structural complexity and technical ambition.
Gothenburg's Smoking Snakes play heavy metal from Sweden's metal capital since 2024. Named for the Brazilian WWII expeditionary force's emblem, their military-historical reference channels wartime courage into freshly-minted traditional metal compositions.
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