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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Samael Cooper channel death and black metal from Lyon, France's second-largest city. Formed in 2022, they bring Rhone Valley darkness to the French extreme scene.
Samariel practice black metal from the Breton forest town of Paimpont, home of the legendary Broceliande forest from Arthurian legend. Emerging in 2025, they draw on one of France's most mythologically charged landscapes.
Hoofddorp's Samaritan bring metalcore to the Amsterdam suburb since 2020. Their biblical-charity name creates an unexpected frame for music built on aggressive breakdowns and emotional intensity.
Samarithan forge epic doom metal from Barakaldo in the Basque Country, building monumental, slow-motion compositions that channel the region's industrial heritage into crushing heaviness. Formed in 2020, they bring Basque weight to the European doom scene.
Samarkand craft gothic metal from Paris, drawing their name from the ancient Silk Road city to fuel exotic, dark romantic compositions. Active since 2014, they bring Central Asian-themed darkness to the French capital.
Samarkanda deliver power metal from the Barcelona suburb of Cornella de Llobregat, their Silk Road city name evoking exotic landscapes through anthemic compositions. Active since 2017, they bring Catalan grandeur to the Spanish power metal tradition.
Samas evolved from straightforward black metal into avant-garde territory from Osnabruck, pushing beyond conventional structures into experimental sonic spaces. Their 2024-era work suggests a restless artistic vision that refuses to settle into predictability.
Kragujevac's Samerah Ray pair death and melodic death metal from the central Serbian city since 2014. Their distinctive name and Šumadija origins channel the heartland of Serbian identity into compositions balancing brutality with melody.
Symphonic black metal band from Blagoevgrad in southwestern Bulgaria, formed in 2021, named after the Celtic festival marking the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead. Their orchestral approach to black metal draws on pagan themes filtered through a Balkan perspective.
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