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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Spektralaeon is a death/black metal band from Wisconsin, formed in 2016, blending the technical brutality of death metal with the cold, dissonant aggression of black metal.
Spektre is a California black metal and dark ambient project formed in 2022, weaving harsh black metal compositions with ambient atmospheric passages to create an unsettling and immersive sonic experience.
Spell practice black metal from the Kassel area of Hesse, channeling occult themes and dark atmospheres through their compositions. Active since 2014, they bring hexed intensity to the North Hessian underground.
Rotterdam's Spell Bound pair groove and thrash metal from the Dutch port city since 2016. Their enchantment name and Rotterdam's industrial setting create a context for rhythmically hypnotic aggression.
Spell Breaker is a traditional heavy metal band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2025, playing classic-styled metal drawing on the NWOBHM and American heavy metal traditions from one of Texas's border cities.
Spell of Torment craft melodic blackened death metal from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, weaving dark enchantments through extreme compositions. They bring hexed intensity to the Ostrobothnia extreme scene.
Spellbinder is a power metal band from Oakland, California, formed in 2001, delivering soaring, melodically driven power metal with the high-register vocals and twin-guitar harmonies characteristic of the American power metal style.
Spellbinder is a progressive metal band from Clearwater, Florida, formed in 2001, crafting technically proficient and melodically rich progressive metal informed by the genre's classic 1990s era.
Spellblood deal in death metal from the Finnish underground, channeling blood-magic themes through extreme compositions. Formed in 2021, they bring enchanted brutality to the Finnish death metal scene.
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