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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Stick to Your Guns formed in Orange County, California in 2003, developing a metalcore sound grounded in hardcore punk ethics, melodic hooks, and socially conscious lyrics. Their album Diamond (2012) debuted at number one on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and Disobedient (2015) and True View (2017) continued the band's steady commercial and critical momentum. Across eight studio albums through Keep Planting Flowers (2025), the band has remained consistent in both sound and values, maintaining a connection to the hardcore underground while growing a larger fanbase. Vocalist Jesse Barnett's direct and earnest lyrical approach has been a defining constant throughout the band's career.
Sticky Rat is a thrash metal band from Grand Rapids, Michigan, formed in 2025. A newly formed entry in the Midwest underground, they pursue the fast riffs and aggressive energy that define classic American thrash metal.
Stier ("Bull") charge through thrash and heavy metal from Dortmund, delivering the raw, horn-lowered power their name demands. Formed in 2021, they bring bovine fury to the Ruhr Valley thrash scene.
Stiff Richard is an Oklahoma-based heavy metal and neoclassical shred project formed in 2012. The project blends traditional heavy metal with technically demanding, classically-influenced guitar work in the vein of the hard rock and shred tradition.
Sesto Fiorentino's Stige channel black metal named for the River Styx from the Florence suburbs since 2017. Their mythological name connects to Italian literary tradition through Dante's own infernal geography.
Stigmata is a metalcore band from Troy, New York, formed in 2008, incorporating strong influences from crossover thrash, groove metal, and traditional thrash metal. Their sound reflects the hybrid, street-level aggression common to the upstate New York underground metal community.
Stigmata is a death/thrash metal band from Escondido, California, formed in 2008. They work within the aggressive tradition of West Coast death/thrash, combining the technical attack of thrash metal with the darker, heavier textures of death metal.
Stigmatized deal in death metal from the Black Forest town of Zell, channeling extreme aggression from the picturesque Baden wine country. Active since 2016, they bring marked intensity to the southwestern German underground.
Stikkersvin (Danish for "Tattletale Pig") practice black metal from Copenhagen, their colorful Danish-language name adding a distinctly local flavor to their extreme output. Formed in 2021, they bring irreverent Danish spirit to the capital's black metal underground.
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