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Death metal band from Tupã, São Paulo, active in the early 1990s. The band's recorded output resurfaced in 2022 when their tracks 'Intro / Maybe Tomorrow' appeared on the cassette compilation Preservation of Death Vol. 2: South American Massacre-First Blood, released by Noxious Ruin.
Sarcator is a blackened thrash metal band from Trollhättan, Sweden, formed in 2018, whose name fuses the names of Brazilian extremists Sarcófago and German thrash icons Kreator to signal their primary influences. The band is anchored by lead guitarist and vocalist Mateo Tervonen, son of The Crown guitarist Marko Tervonen, who was barely nineteen when the band entered the spotlight. After a pair of raw EPs in 2019, Sarcator released their self-titled debut full-length in 2020, followed by Alkahest, which secured them a deal with Century Media Records, and Swarming Angels & Flies in January 2025.
Omsk's Sarcazm pair death and thrash metal from the Siberian city since 2019. Their deliberately misspelled cynicism and Western Siberian origins channel ironic aggression into compositions of dual-genre extremity.
Sarcofagus play heavy metal from Helsinki, connecting to one of Finland's earliest metal traditions. Active since 2012, their sarcophagus-themed approach brings ancient tomb-dwelling energy to the Finnish capital.
Sarcoidosis emerged from the Pittsburgh and Boulder underground scenes in 2017 to pursue slam and brutal death metal with a clinical medical name that suits the genre's tendency toward pathological imagery. Cross-country roots give the band an unusual perspective — the project draws on both the East Coast and Mountain West scenes, blending the slam tradition with brutal death's structural ambitions.
Devastating Technical Brutal Death Metal from Austin.
Death metal band from Wevelgem in West Flanders, formed in 2024, delivering brutal extremity from the heart of the Flemish metal underground. Their aggressive approach reflects the continued strength of death metal in Belgium's densely populated western region.
Boulder, Colorado's Sarcophagus have been mining doom/death metal's mournful depths since 2018, bringing a high-altitude weightiness to a subgenre built on density and grief. The Rocky Mountain setting suits the sound — there's something about thin air and vast silence that maps naturally onto doom/death's slow processions.
Dublin's Sarcosis have been dealing in death metal and grindcore since 2010. Their name, suggesting diseased tissue, aptly describes the pathological intensity of their sonic output.
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