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Chicago's Sawdoff arrived in 2025 with a crossover thrash approach built for the pit — the kind of music that owes equal debts to D.R.I. and Pantera, with groove metal's punch layered under thrash metal's speed and the DIY ethos of hardcore crossover. Brand new to the scene, they're already positioned squarely in Chicago's heavy underground tradition.
Sawhill Sacrifice evolved from black/thrash metal origins into a more straightforward black metal direction from Hyvinkaa in southern Finland. Active since 2014, they bring sawmill-town grit to the Finnish black metal scene.
Sax deliver thrash metal from Brno, cutting through with sharp riffing and aggressive energy rooted in the classic thrash template. Their straightforward approach favors velocity and impact over complexity.
SaXaXaS deal in thrash and death metal from Torgau in Saxony, channeling aggressive extremity from the banks of the Elbe. Active since 2018, they bring the velocity and brutality of the thrash/death crossover to the eastern German scene.
Formed in Salzburg in 1990, Scaffold played progressive thrash/heavy metal in the technical vein, drawing comparisons to acts like Toxik and Osiris, and released a demo titled "Your Chance Is Black" in 1991. They represent the progressive end of Austria's early-1990s thrash underground, blending full-fledged prog arrangements with thrashing aggression before disbanding.
Scamp deliver groove and thrash metal from Aarhus, Denmark's second city, combining rhythmic heaviness with thrash's aggressive velocity. Active since 2011, they bring headbang-inducing energy to the Jutland metal scene.
Scape.Goat blend thrash and death metal from the northern French city of Douai, combining aggressive velocity with extreme metal's heaviness. Active since 2015, they bring sacrificial-victim intensity to the Nord-Pas-de-Calais scene.
Scaphicide deliver thrash metal from the German underground, named after an ancient torture method that reflects their genre's tradition of morbid fascination. Their 2025 emergence adds fresh aggression to the German thrash landscape.
Scarcyde have been delivering thrash and death metal from the southern Finnish city of Hameenlinna since 2008, making them fixtures of the Kanta-Hame extreme scene. Their nearly two decades of scarring intensity represent sustained commitment.
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