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Bohuslan's Serpent Gate practice raw black metal from the West Swedish coastal province since 2025. Their ophidian-threshold name channels the passage through serpent-guarded doorways into lo-fi compositions of freshly-minted darkness.
Serpent God forge death/doom metal from the eastern Finnish town of Iisalmi, channeling the worship of serpentine deities through crushing, deliberate compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring ophidian devotion to the Savo-region doom scene.
Serpent Majesty is a symphonic black metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2014 and signed to Nocturnal Records. The band has released three full-length albums — Retribution of Cosmic Elements (2019), Oscuros senderos de paganismo austral (2020), and Más allá de la existencia (2023) — with lyrical themes centered on anti-Christianity and nature.
Black/death metal band from Ghent whose releases "Mass of the Serpent" and "Odious Gateways" channel serpentine darkness through the combined fury of black and death metal. Their rehearsal recordings alongside polished releases reveal a band committed to raw intensity and occult-tinged extremity.
Boston's Serpent of Gnosis grind and bludgeon at the intersection of death metal and grindcore, channeling frenzied blastbeats and dense riff violence into tightly wound bursts of extremity since forming in 2019.
Ankara's Serpent of Old pair death and black metal from the Turkish capital since 2023. Their biblical-serpent name channels the ancient ophidian tempter into compositions of freshly-minted, dual-genre darkness from the Anatolian heartland.
Stockholm's Serpent Omega pair sludge and doom metal from the Swedish capital since 2013. Their name combining the serpent with the final Greek letter channels apocalyptic reptilian menace into over a decade of crushing compositions.
Seattle's Serpent Rider trade in epic heavy and doom metal — towering, slow-moving riffs anchored in classic doom traditions, carrying the Pacific Northwest's atmospheric weight with a sound that leans into grandeur and mythic heaviness since 2019.
Serpent Rites emerged from Le Mans in 2018, weaving black metal with an emphasis on dark ritual atmosphere. Operating within the fertile French black metal underground, they channel occult themes through raw, punishing compositions.
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