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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Sundering Titan is a black/sludge metal and crust punk band from Great Falls, Montana, formed in 2014, combining the nihilistic fury of crust punk with the corrosive heaviness of black and sludge metal.
Sundowning craft atmospheric sludge metal and post-hardcore from the Essen/Oberhausen/Herten triangle in the Ruhr Valley, building expansive, emotionally charged compositions. Active since 2012, they bring post-metal ambition to the Westphalian industrial heartland.
Sunface deliver sludge and doom metal from Helsinki, building crushing compositions with sun-worship imagery. Active since 2016, they bring solar-faced heaviness to the Finnish capital's sludge/doom scene.
Suffocating Psychedelic Doom / Sludge Metal from Austin.
Sunniva blend doom, sludge, and post-metal from Turku, building expansive, heavy compositions named after the medieval Norwegian saint. Active since 2017, they bring hagiographic weight to the southwestern Finnish scene.
Sunrot are a sludge/drone/doom metal band from northern New Jersey, formed in 2014, known for punishing walls of noise that combine the slow-motion heaviness of doom with the abrasive corrosiveness of drone and the filth-soaked aggression of sludge.
Suns of the Morning Star are a blackened sludge and progressive metal band from Boca Raton, Florida, formed in 2012, weaving dense sludge heaviness with post-metal ambience and black metal atmosphere into expansive, darkly textured compositions.
Superjoint — formerly Superjoint Ritual — are a New Orleans, Louisiana sludge metal and crossover thrash band that reformed in 2016, co-founded by Pantera and Down vocalist Philip Anselmo, combining the grinding aggression of crossover thrash with the thick, swampy heaviness of the New Orleans sludge tradition.
Supervoid is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania band formed in 2012, blending sludge and stoner metal with psychedelic textures to produce dense, slow-burning soundscapes that reflect the gritty character of the city's underground scene.
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