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Sudden Loss is an Oakland, California band formed in 2017 that operates in the overlap between crossover thrash, death metal, and hardcore, combining Bay Area aggression with a menacing death metal edge.
Sudden Strength is a Los Angeles thrash/hardcore band formed in 2021, drawing equally from the velocity and riffing of thrash metal and the raw intensity of hardcore punk in the tradition of the LA crossover scene.
Suffer is a Los Angeles band formed in 1993 that combines thrash and groove metal with hardcore influences, reflecting the hard-edged street energy of the Southern California metal underground across more than three decades of activity.
Suffer No Fools is a crossover thrash/hardcore band from Houghton, Michigan, formed in 2022, bringing aggressive, high-energy thrash and hardcore to Michigan's Upper Peninsula underground.
Relentless Thrash Metal from Corpus Christi.
Suffocating Sight blend melodic thrash, death metal, and metalcore from the North Sea port of Cuxhaven, creating a multi-genre assault from the Lower Saxon coast. Formed in 2020, they bring asphyxiating intensity to the maritime metal scene.
Long Island, New York titans of brutal and technical death metal, Suffocation are widely regarded as one of the most influential bands in the genre's history, with seminal records like Effigy of the Forgotten helping define the sound of technical death metal in the early 1990s and beyond.
Carinthian thrash metal band from the Klopeiner See area, formed in 2022. Their aggressive thrash attack carries forward the genre's traditions of speed and fury from southern Austria's metal underground.
Connecticut band formed in 2025 that began with thrash metal influences and shifted toward a doom-oriented sound, exploring the heavier and slower end of the metal spectrum.
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