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St. Fenton the Tainted merge black and sludge metal into a corrosive, irreverent brew. This UK act has been active since 2015, wielding tongue-in-cheek blasphemy alongside genuinely crushing heaviness.
St. Madness is a Phoenix, Arizona heavy metal band with roots going back to the 1980s underground scene, known for their campy theatrical persona and long-running presence in the American metal underground.
St. October is a gothic and groove metal band from Davenport, Iowa, formed in 2018, blending melodic gothic atmosphere with the rhythmic punch of groove metal.
St. Unholyness channel stoner and doom metal from the Lower Bavarian town of Pfarrkirchen, their ironic saint name blending sacrilege with the genre's worship of heavy riffs. Emerging in 2025, they bring blasphemous heaviness to the Bavarian countryside.
Austrian black metal act whose 2013 EP "Intense Demonic Charge" delivers five tracks of occult-themed ferocity steeped in satanic imagery and ritualistic aggression. Songs like "Conjuration Of Fire" and "The Darkmoon Gate" channel the genre's second-wave traditions through a distinctly Austrian lens.
Stab! Stab! Stab! is a metalcore band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, active since 2003, bringing an aggressive, no-frills approach to the genre shaped by the city's hardcore underground.
Stabbed is a Long Island, New York death metal and grindcore band formed in 2016, fusing the blasting ferocity of grindcore with the surgical brutality of death metal.
Stabbed in the Face is a Detroit, Michigan death metal and grindcore band formed in 2015, channeling the city's long tradition of extreme music into short, violent bursts of gore-drenched brutality.
Austin brutal death metal signed to Century Media. One of the fastest-rising new Texas death metal acts.
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