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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Merrick, New York's Shredded bridge heavy metal and metalcore, the Long Island outfit drawing on both the traditional metal riffing of their region and the modern extremity of metalcore to carve out a hybrid sound since 2018.
Little Rock, Arkansas's Shredded Corpse trace their roots back through grindcore into death metal, the band's evolution reflecting a gradual shift toward slower, more deliberate brutality while retaining the extremity of their earliest material formed in 2025.
Shredding Infant Limbs deliver brutal death, standard death, and grindcore from Moscow/Saint Petersburg since 2023. Their graphic name channels maximum shock value into compositions of unrelenting technical extremity.
Youngsville, North Carolina's Shredistic, formed in 2019, pursue progressive metal with an emphasis on technical musicianship and compositional ambition, their work reflecting a dedication to expanding the genre's structural possibilities outside major metropolitan scenes.
Shriek! for Death fuse death metal's guttural brutality with thrash's riff-driven velocity, the US-based act formed in 2016 building on the classic crossover between these genres that has generated some of extreme metal's most ferocious material.
San Diego's Shrieking, formed in 2025, operate in the atmospheric and depressive wing of black metal, crafting bleak, suffocating soundscapes that lean into introspection and emotional desolation over aggression.
Spokane, Washington's Shrieks of the Impaled have navigated blackened death metal since 2012, combining the atmospheric menace of black metal with death metal's raw brutality in material that reflects the Pacific Northwest's fertile underground extreme scene.
The newest entry in Lyon's thrash scene, Shrimpaler launched in 2025 with a crossover thrash approach that injects punk energy into metal's aggression. Their playful name belies a genuinely fierce sonic attack built on speed and attitude.
Highland Charter Township, Michigan's Shrine of Broken Glass, formed in 2021, blend melodic black metal sweep with deathcore's crushing low-end architecture, constructing a layered and aggressive hybrid that pushes both genres toward their outer edges.
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