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Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum (2022)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Sigyn deliver melodic death metal from Vantaa, drawing their name from the Norse goddess who stood faithful by Loki's side. Active since 2016, they bring mythological devotion to the Helsinki metropolitan melodeath scene.
Thrash metal band from Lukavac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, formed in 2023. As a newer act in the Bosnian metal scene, they channel the genre's classic speed and aggression through the perspective of a country with a small but dedicated extreme metal community.
Spread across multiple towns in the Pyrenean foothills including Tarbes, Pau, Lourdes, and Montrejeau, Sihtu has been fusing progressive death metal with grindcore since 2009. Their geographically dispersed lineup reflects the collaborative spirit of southern France's metal underground.
Siimes practice black metal from the eastern Finnish city of Joensuu, channeling the genre's dark intensity from the North Karelian capital. Active since 2012, they bring forest-shade darkness to the eastern Finnish underground.
Siixs deliver groove metal from the small Aragonese city of Teruel, channeling rhythmic heaviness from one of Spain's least populated provincial capitals. Active since 2015, they bring underdog intensity to the Aragonese underground.
Dallas outfit Sik have been blending groove metal's locking rhythmic punch with the fuzz-heavy swagger of stoner metal since 2012, channeling the hard-edged heaviness that has long defined the Texas underground.
Houston crossover thrash veterans Sik Mentality trace their origins back to 1987, making them one of the longer-running acts in the Texas extreme metal underground, delivering the genre's raw blend of hardcore intensity and thrash aggression across decades.
Presov's Sik Salvation deliver death metal from the eastern Slovak city since 2020. Their diseased-redemption name channels the contradiction of salvation through sickness into compositions of extremity from Slovakia's third-largest city.
Charlotte's Sikarra operate in the melodic and technically ambitious space between progressive metal and power metal, weaving clean-toned guitar work and dynamic song structures into their heavy metal foundation since 2016.
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