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Irrational Pull (2020)
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Swastika practice black metal from Kiel on the Baltic coast, operating in the genre's most confrontational territory. Active since 2011, they channel the provocative tradition of extreme black metal from Schleswig-Holstein.
Swatara is a Benton County, Minnesota band formed in 2012 that fuses Southern-inflected hard rock with thrash metal, delivering a gritty cross-country sound.
Swath combine death metal, doom metal, and crust from Berlin, cutting a wide path through multiple aggressive genres simultaneously. Active since 2018, they bring scything intensity to the German capital's diverse extreme underground.
Swaumphth is a black, thrash, and doom metal project from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, formed in 2025, exploring a primitive and murky convergence of those traditions.
Sway have been delivering melodic heavy metal and hard rock from Hanover since 2002, making them fixtures of the Lower Saxon capital's traditional metal scene. Their two-decade career of accessible, hook-driven metal reflects enduring craftsmanship.
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Critically acclaimed stoner doom from Austin.
SweatCollector is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, formed in 2024, delivering slam-infused brutality and blastbeat-driven extremity.
Minneapolis goregrind outfit Sweatpants Boner formed in 2022, operating firmly in the absurdist wing of the genre with short, blasting tracks and characteristically irreverent humor.
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