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Belgian atmospheric black metal duo from Antwerp consisting of brothers Floris and Ben Sommen, whose 2018 debut "Mortari Riseth" delivers five tracks of slowly building, sinister black metal layered with keyboards and clean vocal passages. Their occult-themed compositions emphasize dense, immersive atmospheres over raw speed.
Sacrificio practice black metal from Madrid, channeling the genre's sacrificial darkness through Spanish-language intensity. Active since 2013, they bring Iberian fury to the capital's black metal underground.
Sacrificio is a thrash metal band from Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina, formed in 2013. They recorded their self-titled debut in August 2013, released through Argentina Thrash Metal, a label dedicated to documenting the Argentine thrash underground.
Sacrificium Carmen ("Sacrificial Song" in Latin) practice black metal from Tampere, channeling ritualistic themes through their compositions. Active since 2014, they bring liturgical darkness to the Pirkanmaa black metal scene.
Old-school thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2020 by Frank Gasparotto (vocals, guitars), Diego Domingos (guitar), Filippe Tonini (bass), and Fábio Moyses (drums). Their debut album World Decay 19 was released on April 7, 2021 via Thrash or Death Records and Rapture Records, and includes a cover of Angel Witch's 'Evil Games.' A follow-up EP, The Limit of Thrash, appeared in March 2022.
Sacrifixion channel black/thrash metal from the Rhineland-Palatinate region, combining black metal's atmospheric menace with thrash's breakneck velocity. Formed in 2021, they represent the newer wave of German black/thrash extremity.
Sacrifized practice black/thrash metal from Bad Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein, bringing the northern German plains a dose of blackened thrash fury. Their aggressive hybrid channels both genres' most intense qualities.
Sacrifizer channel speed and black metal from Dillenburg in Hesse, combining the velocity of speed metal with black metal's dark atmospheres. Formed in 2021, they join a growing wave of German acts reviving the raw energy of first-wave black/speed metal.
Sacrilegio are a Thrash/Death Metal band from Colombia, formed in 2006. Releasing their debut demo "Divina tortura" the same year, the band built an anti-Christian lyrical identity and recorded releases through Dark Age Productions during their active years.
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