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Kazan's Sepulchral Witchcraft pair black and death metal from the Tatar capital since 2026. Their tomb-sorcery name channels necromantic arts into compositions of freshly-minted extremity from the Volga crossroads.
New Brunswick, New Jersey's Sepulchromancy arrived in 2023 fusing the murky brutality of death metal with the reckless speed of thrash. Their approach recalls the classic death/thrash hybridization of the late 1980s and early 1990s underground, updated with a raw modern production sensibility. They represent a worthy continuation of the New Jersey extreme metal tradition that has long thrived in the shadow of New York.
Sepulchrum emerged from Irving, Texas in 2023 trafficking in raw black metal of the most unadorned and primitive variety. Their music strips the genre down to its coldest essentials — corrosive tremolo, lo-fi production, and an atmosphere of total hostility — rooted in the underground black metal ethos that eschews refinement by design. They are part of a quietly growing raw black metal presence in the North Texas area.
Sepulcration deal in death metal from Madrid, their tomb-themed name reflecting the morbid intensity of their extreme compositions. Active since 2017, they bring sepulchral brutality to the Spanish capital's underground.
Sepulcro is a death metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2006 and signed to DirtyEar Records. They released the demo "Almas en pena" in 2010 and their debut full-length "Bogotá Terror Death" in 2015, building a reputation in the Colombian underground death metal scene with themes centered on death and war.
Sepulcro is a death metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2006 and signed to DirtyEar Records. They released the demo "Almas en pena" in 2010 and their debut full-length "Bogotá Terror Death" in 2015, building a reputation in the Colombian underground death metal scene with themes centered on death and war.
Brazilian thrash metal legends Sepultura helped put South American metal on the global map with landmark albums like 'Beneath the Remains' and 'Arise' before radically reinventing themselves with 1996's tribal-metal masterpiece 'Roots,' which fused extreme metal with indigenous Brazilian percussion and world music. The Cavalera brothers' departure fractured the band but didn't end it, as Sepultura continued for decades under guitarist Andreas Kisser's stewardship, exploring diverse sonic territory across numerous albums. Their influence on the global metal scene, particularly in bridging extreme metal with indigenous and world music traditions, is immeasurable.
Sequester deal in death/black metal from Altotting, the Bavarian Catholic pilgrimage town, creating a stark contrast between their sacred surroundings and profane music. Active since 2008, they've been channeling extreme metal from an unlikely source for nearly two decades.
Sequestrum deliver death metal and grindcore from Copenhagen, channeling medical-themed extremity (their name refers to a bone fragment isolated by necrosis). Formed in 2022, they bring pathological precision to the Danish extreme scene.
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