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Proof (2024)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Istanbul's Sammetry explore progressive metal from the Turkish metropolis before relocating to Toronto since 2015. Over a decade of channeling their symmetry-derived name across two continents into compositions of technical ambition.
Sammohan deliver heavy and speed metal from Jyvaskyla, combining classic metal power with speed metal's velocity. Active since 2016, they bring hypnotic intensity to the central Finnish metal scene.
Samot is a blackened death metal band from Maipú, Chile, formed in 2014, signed to US label Unspeakable Axe Records. Drawing on themes of darkness, vampirism, and the beyond, they released their debut demo "The Beginning" in 2015 and followed it with the EP "Across the Abyss" in 2016.
New York's Samoubiystvo — the name translating roughly to "suicide" in Russian — operates in the depressive black metal underground since 2024 with the solitary intensity the subgenre demands. The project works in darkness by design, crafting music that feels internal and desolate, built from raw black metal's most harrowing emotional register.
Samowa channel stoner and doom metal with psychedelic rock influences from Bergisch Gladbach, building hazy, riff-heavy compositions that lean into cosmic heaviness. Their Rhineland origins provide a surprisingly laid-back backdrop for their sun-baked, fuzz-drenched sound.
Samsara deliver heavy metal from the Lower Saxon city of Delmenhorst, channeling the cyclical themes their Buddhist-inspired name suggests through riff-driven compositions. Their sound draws on classic European heavy metal foundations.
Samsara Blues Experiment were a Berlin-based stoner/doom outfit active from 2007 to 2020, led by Christian Peters alongside Hans Eiselt and Thomas Vedder. Albums like "One With The Universe" and "Waiting For The Flood" earned them a devoted following in the psychedelic doom underground before Peters continued with Fuzz Sagrado.
Samsara Circle blend thrash metal with metalcore from Dusseldorf, combining the velocity of classic thrash with modern metalcore's rhythmic breakdowns. Active since 2011, they've been forging their crossover sound in one of the Rhine-Ruhr's most vibrant music cities.
Samson was a heavy metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose lineup included vocalist/guitarist Adrián Subotosky, drummer Horacio "Cacho" Darias, and bassist Hugo Racca. The band released the album Rutas Peligrosas in 1991 and also appeared on the compilation Metálicos — Heavy Metal 90, before eventually splitting up.
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