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Seven of Nine play industrial groove metal from Stuttgart, combining mechanical, electronic textures with heavy rhythmic riffing. Their Star Trek-referencing name hints at a fascination with the intersection of humanity and technology that drives their sound.
San Francisco's Seven of Swords channel the Bay Area's rich thrash heritage through a lens of classic heavy metal energy, combining sharp, aggressive riffwork with a reverence for the melodic crunch of early-80s metal. Active since 2019, they bridge the gap between heads-down thrash fury and the hook-driven momentum of traditional heavy metal.
Banska Bystrica's Seven Painful pair death and thrash metal from the central Slovak city since 2017. Their name referencing the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary and origins in the heart of Slovakia channel religious suffering into compositions of dual-genre aggression.
Seven Portals channel black metal from Hanover, their name suggesting dimensional gateways to darkness. Formed in 2021, they bring esoteric black metal to the Lower Saxon capital.
Operating between Minsk and Kyiv, Seven Seals craft progressive power metal that balances soaring vocal melodies with elaborate arrangements. Their music draws on both Eastern European musical sensibility and the anthemic grandeur of the European power metal tradition.
Seven Sisters of Sleep is a sludge and doom metal band from Southern California, formed in mid-2009 from members of Tafkata and The Arm and Sword of a Bastard God. The band built their sound on a foundation of occult-themed, downtuned sludge drawing from doom, death metal, black metal, and d-beat, releasing records on A389 Recordings and Southern Lord, among others. They released multiple full-length albums before disbanding following legal troubles involving a former member, leaving behind a body of work regarded as important within the Southern California heavy underground.
Boston's Seven Spires, founded at Berklee College of Music by guitarist Jack Kosto and vocalist Adrienne Cowan, forge a distinctive brand of symphonic metal that incorporates melodic death metal, black metal, and power metal into elaborate, lore-driven concept albums. Cowan's versatile vocal approach favors harder registers and black metal growls over the operatic style typical of female-fronted symphonic metal, setting the band apart from genre conventions. Their 2024 album 'A Fortress Called Home' represents the pinnacle of their ambitious blend of extremity and orchestral grandeur.
Progressive metal outfit Seven Thirteen emerged from Titusville, Florida in 2020, pursuing an expansive and technically demanding sound that blends intricate compositional structures with heavy, dynamic playing. Their music draws on the genre's long tradition of merging precision with emotion, finding space for both crushing passages and melodic complexity.
Seven Thorns deliver power metal from Copenhagen, channeling the genre's anthemic grandeur through fairytale and fantasy-inspired compositions. Active since 2020, they bring thorny power metal to the Danish capital's diverse scene.
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