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Stavropol's SS-18 have been practicing black metal from the North Caucasus since 2003. Named for the Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile, over two decades of Caucasian activity have produced compositions channeling Cold War nuclear dread.
Kharkiv's SS-20 thrash from Ukraine's second city since 2009. Named for the Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missile, over a decade and a half from the eastern metropolis, their Cold War weapons reference channels nuclear-age dread into compositions of sustained aggression.
Cleveland, Ohio technical thrash metal band SSA formed in 2025, bringing precision-driven riffing and the kinetic aggression of technical thrash to a city with deep roots in heavy and extreme music.
SSR is a Houston, Texas progressive/technical power-thrash metal band formed in 2022, blending the technical complexity of progressive metal with the aggressive drive of thrash and the melodic ambition of power metal.
SSS (Short Sharp Shock) formed in Liverpool, England in 2005, delivering a high-velocity crossover thrash sound shaped equally by hardcore punk, thrash metal, and grindcore. Signing to Earache Records, the band released The Dividing Line (2008) and Problems to the Answer (2011) before concluding their career with Limp. Gasp. Collapse. (2014) on Prosthetic Records. SSS operated at the more abrasive end of the British crossover revival, with a commitment to brevity and brutality that aligned them with the grindcore underground as much as the thrash audience. The band subsequently went on indefinite hold.
St Helens is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Kenosha, Wisconsin, formed in 2013, delivering a straightforward approach to traditional metal with rock-inflected hooks.
St. Bastard is a Brooklyn-based sludge and doom metal band formed in 2015, combining the slow, crushing weight of doom with sludge metal's abrasive, feedback-drenched heaviness.
St. Elmos Fire is a Sacramento, California melodic heavy metal band formed in 2015, drawing on classic metal traditions with an emphasis on strong hooks and twin-guitar arrangements.
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