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Secrets of Separation play melodic death metal and metalcore from Valasske Mezirici, blending Scandinavian melodeath influences with modern breakdown-driven heaviness. Their Moravian roots place them in the heart of the Czech Republic's eastern metal scene.
Secretum Consilii is an experimental doom metal project from Buenos Aires, Argentina, that began releasing music in 2020. The project put out three consecutive releases in quick succession: the Reprogress EP (October 2020), Heremum (August 2021), and Adapta (February 2022).
Secretum Ritus ("Secret Rite" in Latin) practice pagan black metal from Helsinki, channeling hidden rituals through atmospheric compositions. Their Finnish capital base provides an urban setting for their mystical, nature-oriented extreme metal.
Murmansk's Sect practice black metal from the Arctic port city since 2012. Their cultish name and far-northern origins channel the extremism of polar isolation into atmospheric compositions from the Kola Peninsula.
Sectesy deal in death metal from Kolin, channeling raw aggression and morbid themes through their heavy compositions. Formed in 2019, they bring fresh brutality to the central Bohemian metal underground.
Sectum Sempra channel melodic black metal from the French underground, drawing their name from the Harry Potter curse. Formed in 2022, they bring spell-casting darkness to the French black metal scene.
Los Angeles heavy metal act Secular Stranger draw from the classic tradition without surrendering to nostalgia — their music has the weight and craft of the genre's foundational era filtered through a contemporary perspective. Since forming in 2014, they've pursued a style that prioritizes strong songwriting and muscular riffs over either retro cosplay or modern reinvention.
Fresh out of Huntington Beach, California, Secularis arrived in 2025 as one of the newest entries in the American black/death underground, combining the icy hostility of black metal with the visceral attack of death metal. Even at this early stage, the project signals a willingness to operate in the extremes where both genres converge most violently.
Portland, Oregon black metal project Secundus emerged in 2020 from a city with a quietly deep underground metal tradition, channeling the raw and atmospheric strains of the genre into something with a distinctly Pacific Northwest character. Their Bandcamp presence under the handle secunduspdx marks them as a local fixture for devotees of cold, abrasive sound.
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