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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Sjerp evolved from dark ambient origins into a hybrid of black metal and dark ambient, creating atmospheric compositions that blur the line between metallic aggression and electronic soundscaping. Their shifting, genre-fluid approach makes them one of the Czech underground's more experimental voices.
Sjukdom is an Oregon black metal project formed in 2017, channeling the cold, misanthropic spirit of Scandinavian second-wave traditions through an American Pacific Northwest lens. Their music is dense and unrelenting, built on tremolo-picked dissonance and bleak atmosphere.
Reykjavik's Sjálfsmorð af Gáleysi merge black, death, and doom metal with an Icelandic name meaning "suicide by negligence" since 2018. Their harrowing thematic scope is matched by music of profound heaviness and desolation.
Sjaeleangst (Danish for "Soul Anguish") channel atmospheric black metal from the Danish underground, exploring themes of spiritual torment through immersive compositions. Formed in 2024, they bring existential dread to the Scandinavian atmospheric black metal tradition.
Sjaelekval (Danish for "Soul Torment") practice black metal from the Danish underground, channeling spiritual suffering through harsh, uncompromising compositions. Active since 2016, they bring Nordic anguish to the Danish scene.
Sjaelevrid (Danish for "Soul Wrench") deliver raw black metal from Copenhagen, tearing at the spiritual fabric with their harsh, stripped-back compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring fresh Danish-language fury to the capital's black metal underground.
Saint Petersburg's Sjøtrollet pair black and doom metal from the cultural capital since 2022. Their Norwegian name meaning "sea troll" channels Scandinavian maritime mythology into compositions from Russia's most European city.
Skab tears out of New Orleans with a crossover thrash attack that grafts the aggression of hardcore punk onto thrash metal riffing, the kind of sweaty, pit-ready sound the city's underground scene breeds naturally. Formed in 2019, they keep things short, loud, and confrontational.
Skabeater is an Appleton, Wisconsin death metal and grindcore outfit formed in 2020, weaponizing blast beats and brutish low-tuned riffs into compact bursts of controlled sonic violence. They occupy the grinding edge where goregrind sensibility meets old-school death metal ugliness.
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