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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Sicknote play heavy metal from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, channeling classic metal energy with the medical-excuse humor their name suggests. Active since 2016, they bring traditional metal to the Ostrobothnia scene.
Sickoticks deliver thrash metal from Sabadell near Barcelona, channeling aggressive velocity from the Catalan industrial heartland. Active since 2017, they bring tick-borne fury to the Valles Occidental metal scene.
Dzerzhinsk's Sickrites pair black and death metal from the chemical-industry city since 2010. Their diseased-ritual name and toxic-industrial origins channel the ceremony of illness into compositions of dual-genre extremity.
Grand Rapids sludge metal band formed in 2023, hauling heavy, feedback-drenched riffs through the Michigan winter with the suffocating atmosphere the genre demands.
Sicksense is an American nu metal and alternative metal band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2021 by vocalist Vicky Psarakis, formerly of The Agonist, and guitarist and rapper Robby J. Fonts of Stuck Mojo. The band's sound draws from 1990s and early 2000s nu metal with contemporary production, addressing themes of mental health and personal struggle. Their debut releases including Kings Today and Fools Tomorrow and the 2025 album Cross Me Twice established them as one of the more prominent acts in the nu metal revival scene.
Las Vegas progressive death/thrash act formed in 2017, weaving together technical complexity, thrashy aggression, and death metal weight into an ambitious and ever-shifting sound.
Southern Colorado groove metal act formed in 2022, building heavy, riff-locked rhythmic attack from a region of the Rockies better known for wilderness than metal.
Bloomington, Indiana heavy metal band formed in 2016, delivering traditional metal with Midwestern directness from a college town with a tight-knit underground music community.
Bay Area death metal outfit active since 2004, forged in the same Northern California scene that gave birth to thrash and carrying on its legacy with brutal, technically informed aggression.
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