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For All To Blame (2022)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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Standing on a Floor of Bodies is a San Francisco, California brutal death metal and grindcore band formed in 2010, unleashing gory, technically precise extremity from one of the West Coast's most active underground metal cities.
Standing Ovation craft progressive metal from Espoo, building intricate, technically demanding compositions that aim for audience adoration. Active since 2011, they bring theatrical ambition to the Finnish progressive metal scene.
Standvast channel black metal from the Groningen/Drenthe border region with a Dutch name meaning "steadfast" since 2016. Their resolute name and northern Dutch origins suit compositions of unwavering atmospheric commitment.
Oryol's StAnger pair heavy and thrash metal from the central Russian city. Their name riffing on Metallica's controversial album and Black Eagle city origins channel metallic defiance into compositions of aggressive traditionalism.
Stank is a Norfolk, Virginia sludge metal band formed in 2018, wallowing in the filthy, feedback-soaked heaviness of Southern-influenced sludge with a coastal edge drawn from the Hampton Roads music scene.
Saint Petersburg's Stanubis merge sludge, drone, and doom metal from the cultural capital since 2016. Their Anubis-referencing name channels the Egyptian jackal-god of embalming into compositions of multi-layered, funereal weight.
Milan's Star Crossed merge power, progressive, and thrash metal since 2020. Their Shakespeare-borrowed name of doomed fate adds literary weight to their multi-genre approach from Italy's largest city.
Star Insight deliver melodic and symphonic death metal from the western Finnish city of Seinajoki, layering orchestral elements over aggressive melodeath frameworks. Active since 2014, they bring stellar insight to the Ostrobothnia extreme scene.
Star Monolith channel death/doom metal from the Finnish underground, building monumental, slow-motion compositions inspired by cosmic obelisks. Formed in 2022, they bring 2001-esque gravitas to the Finnish doom/death scene.
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