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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Salzburg-based symphonic black metal act whose 2004 debut "Destination: Infinity" blends cosmic themes with sweeping, atmospheric compositions across eight tracks of orchestral extremity. Track titles like "Darkness And Stars" and "Frozen Tears" reflect their preoccupation with celestial imagery and emotional depth within a black metal framework.
Sternum play melodic black/death metal from Hodonin, blending the melodic sophistication of Scandinavian extreme metal with the ferocity of both black and death metal traditions. Formed in 2022, they bring fresh energy to the South Moravian extreme music scene.
Utrecht's Sterveling channel black metal with a Dutch name meaning "mortal" or "wretch" since 2022. Their name's existential weight and cathedral-city origins create a contemplative framework for atmospheric extremity.
Steve Bello is a progressive metal solo project from Ramsey, New Jersey, formed in 2011. The project showcases intricate guitar work and compositional depth, operating within the technically demanding and melody-forward tradition of progressive metal.
Wakefield's Steve Blower operates as a solo heavy metal project, channeling classic British steel through a singular vision since 2018. The project showcases versatile musicianship anchored in traditional metal craft.
Steve Irwin is a deathcore band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2015. Named provocatively after the late wildlife conservationist, the band delivers the crushing breakdowns, blast beats, and death metal-influenced riffing central to the deathcore genre.
Steve Jones is a London guitarist, singer, songwriter, and radio personality best known as the guitarist whose blunt, thick rhythm sound helped make the Sex Pistols the central band of UK punk. After early activity with Paul Cook in pre-Pistols groups, Jones moved into guitar as the Sex Pistols took shape in 1975, bringing a direct, powerful style that owed as much to glam and hard rock as to punk's emerging minimalism. His playing on Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols is deceptively simple: huge chords, tight overdubs, aggressive downstrokes, and a tone that gave the record its muscular force. After the Pistols' collapse, Jones continued through the Professionals, solo albums, session work, and collaborations with artists across punk, hard rock, and classic rock. He fits accepted scope through punk rock and hard rock. Jones's importance is that he made punk guitar sound massive without making it ornate. The attitude was reckless, but the recorded parts were solid, memorable, and perfectly arranged for impact. His work helped define the idea that punk could be crude in spirit while still sonically powerful, a lesson countless guitar bands absorbed afterward.
Steve Moreton is a solo power metal endeavor from Preston, launched in 2020. The project channels soaring melodies and epic arrangements through one musician's dedicated vision of the genre.
Steve Purtee is a melodic heavy/power metal solo project from Orlando, Florida. The project operates within the anthem-driven tradition of power metal, emphasizing soaring melodies, clean vocals, and polished, guitar-forward arrangements.
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