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Irrational Pull (2020)
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Saddict combine metalcore with thrash metal from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, blending modern breakdowns with old-school velocity. Formed in 2021, they bring addiction-themed crossover to southwestern France.
Sadhayena play heavy metal and hard rock from Nantes, channeling classic metal energy from the Loire-Atlantique capital. Active since 2017, they bring western French traditional metal fire to the scene.
Sadic Smile play metalcore from the Canary Island of Tenerife, combining aggressive breakdowns with melodic passages from the volcanic Atlantic archipelago. Formed in 2024, they bring island-bred intensity to the Spanish heavy scene.
Sadic Society is a Death/Thrash Metal band from Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, founded in 2010 by Klon on vocals, guitars, and creative direction. The band released its debut demo Asesino por naturaleza in 2010 and returned with the demo Perverso in 2021.
California's Sadisme has operated since 2018 in the unforgiving terrain of raw black metal, building a catalog defined by primitive production and an unwillingness to soften any edge. The project strips the genre down to its most confrontational elements — hissing tape noise, venomous riffs, and an atmosphere of pure contempt.
Belgian black metal project active since 2017, forging raw, underground extremity from the country's diverse metal landscape. Their output channels the genre's tradition of atmospheric aggression through a distinctly Belgian sensibility.
Sadistic deliver thrash and black metal from Merzig in the Saarland, combining thrash's velocity with black metal's atmospheric darkness. Their border-region origins inform a sound that draws from multiple strains of German extremity.
Sadistic Christ deal in death metal from Madrid, channeling blasphemous themes through extreme aggression. Formed in 2021, they bring sacrilegious brutality to the Spanish capital's underground.
Sadistic Drive unleash death metal from the eastern Finnish city of Joensuu, channeling the relentless intensity their name demands. Active since 2018, they bring North Karelian aggression to the Finnish death metal scene.
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