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Sagittari play power/speed metal from Blansko under the Elastic Dreams umbrella, delivering high-energy compositions with galloping rhythms and melodic leads. Their Czech take on the genre draws from the European power metal tradition while maintaining a distinctive identity.
Saiph take their name from the bright star in Orion's constellation and deliver power metal from Aachen, the westernmost city in Germany. Formed in 2023, they bring cosmic themes and anthemic compositions to the Rhineland metal scene.
Sakatu deliver speed and power metal from the Basque town of Abadino, channeling high-velocity energy from the mountainous Basque interior. Active since 2015, they bring Basque fire to the speed/power metal tradition.
Salamandra forge power metal from Ostrava, the industrial city in Moravia-Silesia that has produced a number of notable Czech metal acts. Their sound draws on the anthemic grandeur and technical precision that define European power metal.
Huntington Beach's Salem have built their sound since 2013 around progressive heavy and power metal — melodic without being soft, technically ambitious without losing sight of the riff. They bring a Southern California clarity to a style often associated with European grandeur, delivering anthemic songwriting grounded in genuine metal craft.
Samarkanda deliver power metal from the Barcelona suburb of Cornella de Llobregat, their Silk Road city name evoking exotic landscapes through anthemic compositions. Active since 2017, they bring Catalan grandeur to the Spanish power metal tradition.
Long Island's Sanction have been merging heavy metal's melodic tradition with power metal's bombast and thrash metal's aggression since 2015, producing a sound that feels unmistakably East Coast in its directness. They're part of a New York metal lineage that values both impact and structure, balancing the visceral with the anthemic.
Sanctuary is a heavy metal band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1985 by cousins and guitarists Lenny Rutledge and Sean Blosl, with vocalist Warrel Dane among its defining members. The band came to prominence when Dave Mustaine of Megadeth agreed to produce their debut, Refuge Denied (1988), which earned the band significant attention in the power and speed metal community. Their second album Into the Mirror Black (1990) pushed the band toward more progressive territory before label pressure to conform to grunge trends led to their 1992 dissolution; they reunited in 2010 and went on to record new material, though Dane's passing in 2017 cast a shadow over the band's legacy.
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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