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Sacrist channel black metal from Opava under their Sad Wrist banner, exploring themes of anguish and darkness through raw, uncompromising compositions. Their Silesian Czech origins place them in a region with deep connections to the Polish and Czech underground scenes.
Black/death metal band from Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil, with roots going back to 1989 when the original lineup recorded the demo Corpus Christis. After years of inactivity, Sacristia re-emerged and released False Preacher on April 16, 2020 via Voz da Morte Prod, a four-track MCD that included three previously unreleased studio recordings alongside a live version of the title track.
Sacristia deliver melodic death metal from Malaga on the Costa del Sol, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with Mediterranean passion. Active since 2014, they bring melodic extremity to Andalusia's sun-drenched coast.
Sacrosanta Decadencia Occidental blend death metal, crust punk, and grindcore from Galicia and Salamanca, channeling anti-establishment fury through their Spanish-language critique of Western decay. Formed in 2023, they bring politically charged extremity to the Iberian underground.
Sacroscum blend black metal with crust punk from Memmingen in Bavarian Swabia, creating a filthy, D-beat-driven hybrid that spits on genre purity. Their fusion reflects the ongoing cross-pollination between extreme metal and punk's confrontational energy.
Sacrosodomy practice black metal across Madrid and Bratislava, channeling blasphemous fury through a Spanish-Slovak collaboration. Active since 2017, their cross-continental approach brings unique perspective to European black metal.
Sacrotorsus is a Death/Doom Metal band from Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, founded in April 2015 by musician Marco Antonio Espinosa. The band released its debut full-length Et Lumine in Tenebris in 2017, followed by In Memoriam in 2018 and Prodigal Son in 2026.
Boston's Sacrum have spent their career since 2008 fusing death and thrash metal into something that carries the intellectual weight of New England's metal scene alongside uncompromising brutality. Their sound is precise without being sterile — angular, riff-forward death/thrash that owes as much to the Bay Area as it does to Europe's extremity.
Thrash metal band from Valinhos, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2007. The band — Felipe Polaris (guitar), Leonardo Nenezao (vocals/bass), Jao (vocals/guitar), and Miguel Rambo (drums) — released their debut demo War and Disgrace in 2008 and have remained active as an independent act in the São Paulo underground scene. Their lyrical themes address booze, war, politics, and religion.
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