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Noordwolde's Sandwitch play heavy metal from the Frisian countryside since 2001. Over two decades of activity from rural Friesland demonstrate the reach of traditional metal into the Netherlands' most remote communities.
Moscow's Sangara pair heavy and thrash metal from the Russian capital since 2016. Their name and Moscow origins channel metropolitan aggression into compositions of dual-genre intensity.
Sangre Ritual ("Ritual Blood") forge heavy and doom metal from Barcelona, combining classic metal foundations with doom's crushing weight and ritualistic themes. Active since 2015, they bring blood-soaked ceremony to the Catalan underground.
Death metal and goregrind band from Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2013. The band self-released the EP Leucotomia in May 2013 and followed it with Colapso ~ Instinto in August 2015, a two-track release issued under a Creative Commons license.
Brooklyn's Sanhedrin operate in the classic heavy metal tradition, bringing the borough's characteristic sharpness and urban energy to a genre typically associated with either arena bombast or forest grimness since 2015. They're a New York City band at heart — concise, confident, and playing heavy metal with a street-level seriousness.
Pittsburgh's Sanitarium have been delivering traditional heavy metal since 2012 from one of America's great working-class steel cities — a place whose own sonic history in metal runs deep. Their sound honors the genre's classic architecture: riff-forward songs, powerful vocals, and the kind of full-bodied metal that rewards volume.
Sans Pretention play heavy metal and punk from the small Allier village of Neuilly-le-Real, bringing unpretentious metal to the Auvergne countryside. Active since 2018, their name says it all: classic metal without airs.
Heavy metal band from São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, formed in 2021 with a lineup of Gusttavo Horvat (vocals), Bruno Kajpust (guitar), Leonardo Lanza Battistioli (guitar), Maria Lanza Battistioli (bass), and Pedro Marcolongo (drums). The band released their debut album Harpia's Blessing on March 5, 2026, an eight-track record drawing on doom and thrash metal aesthetics.
Santa Lucia blend heavy/power metal with crossover from the Lapland town of Kemi, combining anthemic grandeur with punk energy from Finland's far north. Active since 2012, they bring Arctic Circle metal to the Lapland scene.
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