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Salome deal in death metal from Gronau/Epe on the Dutch-German border, their biblical name contrasting with the genre's extreme sonic violence. Their border-town origins place them at the intersection of German and Dutch extreme metal traditions.
Charlotte, North Carolina's Salt Mine have been hauling their sludge metal sound out of the South since 2013, building tracks that move like heavy machinery — deliberate, punishing, and built on a foundation of low-tuned misery. The Carolinas have their own distinct sludge lineage and Salt Mine slot naturally into that tradition.
Salta al Abismo is a Post-Black Metal band from Mexico City, Mexico, formed in 2020. The band released their debut EP Insondable in September 2025, a four-track record exploring themes of depression, death, and personal introspection.
Gothenburg's Saltas pair death and doom metal from Sweden's metal capital since 2018. Their enigmatic name and West Coast origins channel concentrated duality into compositions of crushing, melodically aware heaviness.
Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal band formed near Mannheim in 2000, whose name translates as 'dance of death.' The group built their sound around authentic period instruments including bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, and shawm layered over modern rock and metal frameworks, establishing themselves as pioneers of the Mittelalter metal genre with their 2001 debut Tavernakel. Over more than two decades and a dozen studio albums, including Brot und Spiele (2018) and Für immer frei (2020), the band expanded their sonic palette to include orchestral arrangements, most recently collaborating with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra on 2024's Finsterwacht.
Almere's Salute the Exiled deliver death metal and deathcore from the planned city near Amsterdam since 2013. Their name honoring the banished channels outsider energy into compositions of modern extremity.
Salvage play heavy metal from the Ruhr Valley cities of Herdecke and Hagen, channeling the industrial heritage of Germany's steel belt into their riff-driven sound. Their working-class roots lend an authentic grit to their traditional metal approach.
A black/death metal outfit from Hollabrunn, Lower Austria, Salvation formed in 1998 and self-released a demo in summer 1999 before going on hiatus and later returning under the name Dark Deception. Their brief early-period output placed them firmly in the raw, underground end of the Austrian extreme metal scene.
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