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A Past Embrace (2022)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Traverse City, Michigan progressive and heavy metal band formed in 2019, combining intricate compositional structures with classic metal heaviness from one of the state's smaller music markets.
Stillnes deliver thrash metal from Azuqueca de Henares near Madrid, channeling aggressive velocity from the Guadalajara province. Active since 2011, they bring deliberate misspelling and genuine intensity to the central Spanish thrash scene.
Novara's Stillness craft atmospheric black metal from the Piedmontese plains since 2014. Their name's paradoxical quiet suits compositions that build immense intensity from an initial state of calm.
South Holland's Stilte practice black metal with a Dutch name meaning "silence" since 2010. Over a decade, their paradoxical pursuit of quiet through extremity has produced compositions of atmospheric, meditative darkness.
Veenendaal's Stink channel black metal with characteristically Dutch directness since 2011. Their bluntly olfactory name and central Dutch origins strip away all pretense in favor of raw, unadorned aggression.
Farmington, Missouri death metal band active since 2008, bringing uncompromising brutality to a part of the Midwest not typically associated with extreme metal.
Philadelphia doom and stoner metal trio active since 2001, known for their largely instrumental approach and the prominent role of the violin alongside guitar and drums, an unusual sonic identity within the genre.
Phoenix black metal outfit formed in 2022, drawing on the atmosphere of the desert Southwest to forge a sound rooted in the rawer, more atmospheric end of American black metal.
Stirb ("Die") deliver melodic death/thrash metal from Kehl on the French-German border, channeling aggressive extremity with a blunt, one-word German imperative for a name. Formed in 2021, they bring Rhine-spanning intensity to the Baden metal scene.
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