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Satyriasis deliver melodic death metal from the Normandy city of Caen, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with their medical-condition name's provocative overtones. Active since 2012, they bring Norman intensity to the French melodeath scene.
Satyros blend black metal with melodic death metal from the German underground, combining the atmospheric malevolence of black metal with melodeath's harmonic sophistication. Their name, drawn from Greek mythology's wild forest spirits, hints at a nature-oriented thematic dimension.
Saul have been delivering melodic death and thrash metal from the Normandy city of Caen since 2003, making them veterans of the Norman extreme metal scene. Their two decades of biblical-king-named aggression represent sustained commitment.
Pistoia's SavinGraces blend death and melodic death metal from the Tuscan hills since 2023. Their name plays on "saving grace," applying spiritual redemption language to music of decidedly un-gentle intensity.
Savior of Death blend melodic death metal with metalcore from Duisburg, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with the rhythmic punch of modern heavy music. Their Ruhr Valley origins connect them to one of Germany's densest concentrations of metal talent.
Scabz deliver melodic death/black metal from Ulm, blending the harmonic sophistication of melodeath with black metal's atmospheric intensity. Their Swabian base places them in southern Germany's thriving extreme metal landscape.
Krasnoyarsk's Scalblood pair death and melodic death metal from the central Siberian capital since 2015. Their name and Yenisei River origins channel the scale of Siberian geography into compositions balancing brutality with melody.
Scalding Coffee Cup craft progressive and melodic death metal from the Alpine city of Grenoble, their everyday-life name adding absurdist contrast to their technical compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring caffeinated intensity to the Dauphine scene.
Melodic death metal band from Rio Grande do Sul, formed in 2020. The band released the four-track EP These Lines of Pain in 2020, which included the songs "Dead Angel's Lullaby," "These Lines of Pain," "Veil of Tears," and "This Life You Hold."
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