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Stahlmagen ("Steel Stomach") craft melodic and epic black/gothic metal from Goppingen in Baden-Wurttemberg, blending atmospheric grandeur with the iron constitution their name implies. Active since 2018, they bring an unusually ornate approach to Swabian extreme metal.
Suffolk's Stahlsarg deliver cold, uncompromising black metal with a name borrowed from German for "steel coffin." Since 2015, their output has been characterized by relentless blasting and razor-sharp tremolo work.
Stain of Madness deliver thrash metal from Barcelona, channeling the insanity their name describes through aggressive compositions. Active since 2014, they bring unhinged intensity to the Catalan thrash scene.
Springfield, Massachusetts' Staind became one of the biggest rock bands of the early 2000s with Aaron Lewis's raw, emotionally vulnerable vocal delivery and the band's ability to shift between crushingly heavy verses and achingly melodic choruses. Their 2001 album 'Break the Cycle' debuted at number one and produced the massive hit 'It's Been Awhile,' one of the longest-running number-one rock singles in chart history. Though Lewis's solo country career often overshadows the band's legacy, Staind's catalog represents some of the most emotionally direct and commercially successful hard rock of its era.
Stained Blood evolved from melodic death metal/deathcore into a more black/melodic death metal direction from the Barcelona area, deepening their extremity while maintaining melodic sophistication. Active since 2006, they're veterans of the Catalan extreme scene.
Stained Glory was a thrash/heavy metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2008 and active as an independent act. They released the Machinery EP in 2011 and the Hate Corrodes EP in 2016 before splitting up.
Stained Glory was a thrash/heavy metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2008 and active as an independent act. They released the Machinery EP in 2011 and the Hate Corrodes EP in 2016 before splitting up.
Stainless is a Portland, Oregon heavy metal and speed metal band formed in 2008, delivering hard-charging, NWOBHM-influenced metal with a hard rock sensibility and a love of speed and melody.
Stake is a northeast Indiana sludge and groove metal band formed in 2019, combining the sludgy low-end heaviness of post-hardcore-influenced metal with the rhythmic, syncopated attack of groove metal.
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