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For All To Blame (2022)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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Meppel's Spyker blend metalcore and thrash metal from the Drenthe countryside since 2013. Named for the Dutch luxury car brand, their precision-engineering name suits tightly constructed compositions of aggressive ambition.
Detroit, Michigan black metal act Spymaster emerged in 2014, channeling the cold, aggressive energy of the black metal genre through the lens of Detroit's harsh industrial and musical landscape.
La Vergne, Tennessee heavy metal band Spyne formed in 2014, contributing to Middle Tennessee's underground metal community with a foundation in traditional heavy metal songwriting and delivery.
Petrozavodsk's Spyon have been delivering melodic power metal from the Karelian capital since 1996. Three decades from the shores of Lake Onega make them one of the longest-running power metal acts in Russia's northwest.
Spatregen ("Late Rain") practice symphonic black metal from Esslingen am Neckar, layering orchestral grandeur over harsh black metal frameworks. Active since 2014, they bring cinematic ambition to the Swabian black metal scene.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama doom metal band Sqquat formed in 2022, adding a heavy, slow-burning presence to the Deep South's doom and heavy underground with oppressive, low-tempo riffs.
Chicago, Illinois heavy metal outfit Squadron have been active since 2013, drawing from the classic traditions of the genre and contributing to the city's enduring heavy metal underground.
Detroit, Michigan goregrind band Squalid trace their origins back to 1985, making them one of the longer-running acts in the city's extreme underground with decades of gory, blast-driven aggression.
Raleigh, North Carolina's Squall have combined heavy and stoner metal since 2012, blending muscular riff-driven songwriting with the hazy, groove-heavy influence of the stoner rock and metal traditions.
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