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Sarah Longfield is a progressive metal guitarist and composer born in 1992 in Wisconsin, who began releasing solo material in 2011 and was named one of Guitar World's fifteen greatest 7- and 8-string guitarists in the world. She founded the Madison, Wisconsin-based band The Fine Constant in 2012, releasing the albums Myriad (2012) and Woven in Light (2015), before pursuing her solo career with increasing ambition. Her album Disparity (2018), released through Season of Mist, and the subsequent solo releases SUM (2019) and Dusk (2020) cemented her reputation as a technically sophisticated composer working in progressive and instrumental metal.
Sarajah practice doom metal from Jyvaskyla, building ponderous, heavy compositions from the central Finnish Lakeland. Formed in 2024, they bring fresh weight to the Finnish doom tradition.
Sarajas channel black metal from Jyvaskyla, bringing the genre's harsh intensity to the central Finnish Lakeland. Active since 2018, they bring forest-dwelling darkness to the Keski-Suomi underground.
SaraLee craft gothic metal and rock from Jyvaskyla, weaving dark romantic themes through heavy, atmospheric compositions. Active since 2017, they bring emotionally rich darkness to the central Finnish scene.
Sarapis channel doom metal from Frydlant nad Ostravici, building ponderous, heavy compositions that draw their name from the Greco-Egyptian deity. Their Moravian-Silesian origins lend a particular weight and atmosphere to their approach to doom.
Sarastus (Finnish for "Dawn") practice black metal from the Oulu suburb of Kempele, channeling the genre's dark intensity from the northern Ostrobothnia region. Active since 2015, their dawn-themed name adds an unusual light dimension to their black metal.
Saratoga are an established power/heavy metal band from Madrid, one of Spain's most recognized acts in the genre with a career spanning multiple albums. Their anthemic, Spanish-language power metal has made them a cornerstone of the Iberian melodic metal scene.
Dolny Kubin's Sarcas pair thrash and heavy metal from the Orava region since 2019. Their sarcasm-derived name and origins beneath the Tatra foothills channel sardonic aggression into compositions from northern Slovakia.
Death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 1993 by members including Germano Rocha (vocals and guitar), Gustavo Agressor (drums), and Oto Alvarenga (bass). After a series of demo tapes through the 1990s, the band released their debut album Seed of End on Demise Records in 2002, followed by Metal Morte on Cogumelo Records in 2008, recorded entirely in Portuguese as a tribute to the Brazilian death metal tradition.
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