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Shub Niggurath is a death/black metal band from Mexico City, Mexico, founded in 1990 (operating as Tormentor from 1988), taking their name from H.P. Lovecraft's mythology. Active through 1997 and again briefly in 2011, they released the full-length "The Kinglike Celebration (Final Aeon on Earth)" (1997) on Lux Inframundis Productions.
Nizhny Novgorod's Shuja pair death and doom metal from the Volga-Oka confluence since 2019. Their name and origins at the meeting of two great rivers channel the weight of converging waterways into compositions of dual-genre heaviness.
Nikel's Shuort pair death and melodic death metal from the nickel-mining town near the Norwegian border since 2020. Their Arctic industrial origins make them one of Russia's most geographically extreme metal acts.
Shurican play heavy metal from Witten in the Ruhr Valley, channeling classic metal energy with the sharp, spinning intensity their throwing-star name suggests. Formed in 2020, they bring traditional metal fire to the Westphalian industrial region.
Dallas groove metal band formed in 2021, rooted in the mid-paced, downtuned chug and hard-hitting rhythmic aggression that defines the groove metal tradition — a Texas act carrying the state's long-standing connection to heavy, riff-driven metal.
Crewe, Virginia thrash/death metal band formed in 2018, working in the aggressive crossover territory where old-school thrash velocity meets death metal's heavier harmonic darkness. A rural Virginia act bringing sharp-edged extremity to a state with a scattered but resilient underground.
Shuurgan craft atmospheric black metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2021. Their storm-derived name channels tempestuous weather into compositions of immersive, atmospheric darkness.
Shuyet practice black metal from the German underground, drawing their name from the Egyptian concept of a shadow-self. Formed in 2021, they bring ancient Egyptian mysticism to their dark, atmospheric compositions.
Shylmagoghnar is a Dutch atmospheric black and melodic death metal duo from Zuid-Limburg, formed in 2004 as a high school project between Kevin Bertrand (Nimblkorg) and Coen van der Weerden (Skirge). The band's name was chosen for its otherworldly sound, and the project has always been fully home-produced and studio-only, with the members declining live performance. Their trilogy of albums—Emergence (2014), Transience (2018) on Napalm Records, and Convergence (2023)—forms a cohesive body of introspective, expansive music that has earned the duo a cult following in atmospheric and progressive metal circles.
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