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Subversion is a thrash metal band from San Juan Capistrano, California, formed in 2011, drawing on Southern California's hard-hitting thrash tradition with fast, aggressive guitar work and relentless energy.
Subversion Trigger is a Seattle-based crossover thrash band formed in 2025, merging the speed and hostility of thrash metal with the raw punch of hardcore in the Pacific Northwest underground.
Succumb is a death metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2017, known for their dissonant, chaotic approach and the distinctive shrieking vocals of frontwoman Cheri Musrasrik, whose 2017 debut drew comparisons to Mitochondrion and Portal.
Such Vengeance is a thrash/metalcore band from Pleasant Grove, Utah, formed in 2009, blending the speed and riff intensity of thrash metal with the heaviness and breakdowns characteristic of metalcore.
Suckerpunch is a thrash metal band from Bourbonnais, Illinois, formed in 2019, delivering hard rock-inflected thrash with a blue-collar Midwest energy rooted in the small-town underground.
Suckerpunched is a heavy/thrash metal band from Galesburg, Illinois, formed in 2011, mixing classic heavy metal and punk-influenced thrash into a raw, no-frills assault from the Illinois underground.
Sudden Darkness are thrash metal veterans dating back to 1988, making them one of Switzerland's longest-running thrash acts. Their decades of activity have kept the flame of old-school Swiss thrash metal burning through multiple generations of the scene.
Sudden Death is a groove/thrash metal band from Sarasota, Florida, formed in 1992, carrying over three decades of experience in the Florida underground with a heavy, mid-paced attack rooted in the groove metal era.
Sudden Havoc craft progressive death/thrash metal from the Baltic port of Rostock, building technically demanding compositions since 2005. Their two decades of activity make them veterans of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern extreme metal scene.
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