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Founded in Jyväskylä, Finland in 2000 by guitarist Juha Raivio, Swallow the Sun are among the most prominent practitioners of melodic death-doom metal, blending gothic atmosphere, black metal passages, and funeral doom weight across nine studio albums. Key releases include Ghosts of Loss (2005), the triple album Songs from the North I, II & III (2015), and Moonflowers (2021), accumulating over 50 million Spotify streams and a 900-show touring history across four continents. The band's name draws from Finnish mythology and the region's long, sunless winters.
Swallowed blend doom, death, and black metal from Helsinki, creating a consuming hybrid that draws from three extreme genres. Active since 2010, they bring all-engulfing intensity to the Finnish capital's underground.
Swallowed by Apathy is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Newark, Ohio, formed in 2011, merging technically ambitious arrangements with melodic hooks drawn from the Scandinavian death metal tradition.
Swallowed Whole is a Seattle, Washington band formed in 2018 that fuses death metal, doom, and black metal into a dense, morbid sound drawing from the darkest corners of Pacific Northwest extreme metal.
Swamp is a death metal band from Racine, Wisconsin, formed in 2013, delivering straightforward brutality rooted in the old-school death metal ethos of the American Midwest.
Swamp is a stoner/sludge metal band from Indianapolis, Indiana, formed in 2013, combining fuzz-soaked riffs and lethargic grooves in the tradition of Midwest heavy underground acts.
Swamp is a Jacksonville, Florida band formed in 2013 that melds death metal aggression with sludge metal's punishing mid-paced heaviness, drawing on Florida's deep extreme metal heritage.
Swamp Corpse have been channeling sludge and doom metal from Hamburg since 2010, building fetid, crushing compositions from the Hanseatic port city. Their marshy name and near-decade-and-a-half of activity reflect a sustained commitment to swamp-dwelling heaviness.
Swamp Devil is a stoner metal and rock band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2013, built around hazy, fuzz-drenched riffs and a laid-back menace rooted in the Pacific Northwest underground.
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