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Vicious Thrash Metal / Hardcore out of Texas.
A death metal outfit based in La Grange, this Shellshock works in straightforward brutality, delivering crushing riffs and blunt-force heaviness rooted in classic death metal aesthetics.
Los Angeles thrash act Shellshock pulls from the city's storied speed metal legacy, delivering hard-driving riffs and aggressive tempos consistent with Southern California's underground thrash scene.
Named for Tolkien's monstrous spider, Cleveland's Shelob spins cold, atmospheric black metal with a predatory patience, building dense webs of tremolo and darkness since 2011.
Shelter Nefarie is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela, founded in December 2011. The band released their debut full-length Creciendo Entre Ruinas in 2017, a title that translates roughly as "Growing Among Ruins" and reflects the harsh social conditions in Venezuela during that period. They operate as an unsigned independent act and their Bandcamp page lists Venezuela as their founding location.
Sheltered Sun craft melodic death metal from the western Finnish port of Vaasa, combining Scandinavian melodeath with the sheltering warmth their solar name implies. Formed in 2022, they bring protected brightness to the Ostrobothnia extreme scene.
Ankara's Sheltersiege practice black metal from the Turkish capital since 2019. Their name of besieged refuge channels the assault on sanctuary into atmospheric compositions from the Anatolian plateau.
Shelvy is a stoner and doom metal band from Banfield, in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, whose debut full-length Vol. 1 (2018) was recorded between November 2017 and September 2018 at Estudio MAD by Marcelo D'Addona and mastered by Cesar Barrabia at Estudio Rockville. The eight-track album, which includes songs such as "Medusa," "Nautilus," and "Apocalipsis," established the band within Argentina's growing heavy underground scene.
Shemhamforash is a death/black metal band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, formed in 2012. Signed to Concreto Records, the band explores themes of misanthropy, mythology, and Thelema across releases including the full-lengths "Aether" (2015) and "Entropy" (2020).
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