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Sanctuary is a heavy metal band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1985 by cousins and guitarists Lenny Rutledge and Sean Blosl, with vocalist Warrel Dane among its defining members. The band came to prominence when Dave Mustaine of Megadeth agreed to produce their debut, Refuge Denied (1988), which earned the band significant attention in the power and speed metal community. Their second album Into the Mirror Black (1990) pushed the band toward more progressive territory before label pressure to conform to grunge trends led to their 1992 dissolution; they reunited in 2010 and went on to record new material, though Dane's passing in 2017 cast a shadow over the band's legacy.
Sanctuary of Hate deliver melodic death and thrash metal from Lahti, combining the harmonic sophistication of melodeath with thrash's aggressive velocity. Formed in 2019, they bring hateful sanctuary to the Paijat-Hame extreme scene.
Crushing Heavy / Doom Metal from Houston.
Moscow's Sanctus Foedus explore progressive metal from the Russian capital since 2015. Their Latin name meaning "holy covenant" channels sacred agreements into technically ambitious compositions.
Sanctus Mortum is a death metal band from Sibundoy, Putumayo, Colombia, formed in 2014 in the remote Andean-Amazon foothills. Drawing on the old-school traditions of black and death metal, they released the demo "Oscuridad Eterna" in 2015 and followed it with the live demo "Macabro" in 2021.
Stoner/doom metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band released the album Cartago in 2019, a slow, heavy psychedelic record in the tradition of Brazilian stoner and doom metal.
Sandalinas craft melodic progressive metal from Barcelona, building intricate compositions from one of Spain's most culturally vibrant cities. Their Mediterranean base infuses their progressive ambitions with warm, passionate energy.
Petrozavodsk's Sandarmoh pair black, death, and melodic death metal named for the infamous Soviet execution site since 2019. Their Karelian origins and memorial name channel the weight of historical atrocity into extreme compositions.
Perm's Sander-P explore progressive metal from the Ural city since 2016. Their personal-name-derived identity channels individual creative vision into compositions from the western edge of the Ural Mountains.
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