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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Parma, Ohio's Sanhedrin have been pursuing death metal with no-frills directness since 2015, building in the industrial shadow of Cleveland's storied heavy music history. Their approach favors blunt force over ornamentation — death metal as practiced by a band that has no interest in softening the genre's essential violence.
Samara's Sanheim thrash from the Volga metropolis since 2017. Their Norse-death-realm name and Volga origins channel the afterlife of warriors into compositions of aggressive energy from Russia's aerospace capital.
Pittsburgh's Sanitarium have been delivering traditional heavy metal since 2012 from one of America's great working-class steel cities — a place whose own sonic history in metal runs deep. Their sound honors the genre's classic architecture: riff-forward songs, powerful vocals, and the kind of full-bodied metal that rewards volume.
Sanity Burial deal in brutal death metal from the central Finnish town of Jamsa, channeling the burial of sanity through crushing compositions. Active since 2014, they bring certifiable brutality to the Finnish extreme underground.
Sanity Obscure craft gothic and doom metal from Franconia, evolving from their Furth origins to their later Hollstadt base while maintaining their focus on dark, brooding heaviness. Their blend of gothic atmospheres with doom's crushing weight creates an immersive sound.
A black/thrash metal band from Götzis in Austria's westernmost province of Vorarlberg, Sanraktus channel the abrasive intersection of raw black metal and old-school thrash. Their output, hosted on Bandcamp via the sarastus page, is characteristic of underground European blackthrash with uncompromising production values.
Eindhoven's Sans Lumière pair post-metal and sludge from the Dutch design capital since 2022. Their French name meaning "without light" and Brabant origins channel modernist darkness through atmospheric compositions.
Sans Pretention play heavy metal and punk from the small Allier village of Neuilly-le-Real, bringing unpretentious metal to the Auvergne countryside. Active since 2018, their name says it all: classic metal without airs.
Sans Roi ("Without King") forge black and gothic metal from the Auvergne capital of Clermont-Ferrand, channeling anti-monarchic themes through dark compositions. Formed in 2023, they bring kingless rebellion to the volcanic French heartland.
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