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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Noordwolde's Sandwitch play heavy metal from the Frisian countryside since 2001. Over two decades of activity from rural Friesland demonstrate the reach of traditional metal into the Netherlands' most remote communities.
Sandy Leather deliver stoner/doom metal and rock from Berlin, building fuzzy, riff-heavy compositions that channel the genre's laid-back heaviness. Their German capital base gives them access to one of Europe's most fertile underground music scenes.
Moscow's Sangara pair heavy and thrash metal from the Russian capital since 2016. Their name and Moscow origins channel metropolitan aggression into compositions of dual-genre intensity.
Sangham craft progressive metal from Marseille, building intricate compositions from the Mediterranean port. Formed in 2020, they bring Provencal ambition to the French progressive scene.
Sangre Guerrera is a thrash metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2016. They released their debut full-length "Mi sangre mi tierra" and the "Killing Bastards" demo the same year, then followed up with the full-length "Killing Bastards LP" in 2018, with lyrical themes centered on war and society.
Sangre Ritual ("Ritual Blood") forge heavy and doom metal from Barcelona, combining classic metal foundations with doom's crushing weight and ritualistic themes. Active since 2015, they bring blood-soaked ceremony to the Catalan underground.
Death metal and goregrind band from Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2013. The band self-released the EP Leucotomia in May 2013 and followed it with Colapso ~ Instinto in August 2015, a two-track release issued under a Creative Commons license.
Death metal band from Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 1998. The band released the full-length album Fleshback on June 1, 2012 through Terceiro Mundo Chaos Discos (TMCD006), recorded and mixed during the second half of 2011 at Soundstorm Studio in Bento Gonçalves; the nine-track album features song titles including 'Purulent Vaginal Discharge' and 'Coprophilic Tendencies'.
Extreme metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2017 by vocalist/guitarist Verme and drummer Sinuê, later expanding to include guitarist Nekrose and bassist Zé. The band released three albums: A Sombra que me Acompanhava Era a Mesma do Diabo (2020), Seja Bem-Vindo de Volta para a Cruz (2021) — the cover art of which was created by Norwegian artist Linda H. Syvertsen — and Eu Sou a Derrota (2024).
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