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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Stagewar play thrash metal from the Taunus foothills towns of Neu-Anspach and Wehrheim, channeling aggressive velocity from the greater Frankfurt area. Active since 2016, they bring battle-ready intensity to the Hessian thrash scene.
Stahlhelm ("Steel Helmet") forge black/thrash metal from Espoo near Helsinki, combining the atmospheric darkness of black metal with thrash's velocity. Formed in 2019, they bring military-industrial intensity to the Helsinki metropolitan underground.
Stain of Madness deliver thrash metal from Barcelona, channeling the insanity their name describes through aggressive compositions. Active since 2014, they bring unhinged intensity to the Catalan thrash scene.
Stalker deliver death and thrash metal from Copenhagen, combining the predatory menace their name implies with extreme metal's aggressive energy. Active since 2016, they bring hunting intensity to the Danish capital's thrash/death scene.
Saint Petersburg's Stalwart have been pairing death and thrash metal since 2010. Over a decade from the cultural capital, their name of unwavering resolve has shaped compositions of dual-genre determination.
Stand Accused is a San Jose, California thrash metal band formed in 2014, playing aggressive Bay Area-rooted thrash that carries on the ferocious, riff-heavy tradition of the region's legendary scene.
Stand Defiant is an Asheville, North Carolina band formed in 2019, blending the raw aggression of crossover thrash with metalcore's structural intensity and the speed and riff density of traditional thrash.
Oryol's StAnger pair heavy and thrash metal from the central Russian city. Their name riffing on Metallica's controversial album and Black Eagle city origins channel metallic defiance into compositions of aggressive traditionalism.
Milan's Star Crossed merge power, progressive, and thrash metal since 2020. Their Shakespeare-borrowed name of doomed fate adds literary weight to their multi-genre approach from Italy's largest city.
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