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Proof (2024)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Philadelphia's Sweet Pill blend emo's emotional directness with indie rock's melodic sensibility and a dose of early-2000s pop-punk energy, led by Zayna Youssef's captivating vocal delivery and confessional songwriting. Signed to Topshelf Records, their debut album 'Where the Heart Is' showcases a band that thrives in the space between aggressive catharsis and tender vulnerability. Sweet Pill have become a staple of Philadelphia's vibrant independent music scene, earning praise for their heartfelt, hook-laden approach to emo-adjacent rock.
Uppsala's Sweet Remedy play heavy metal from Sweden's ecclesiastical capital since 2024. Their pleasant-cure name channels the healing power of melodic medicine into freshly-minted compositions of traditional metal.
Belfast's Sweet Savage are NWOBHM pioneers who counted future Def Leppard and Dio guitarist Vivian Campbell among their original members. Their song 'Killing Time' gained renewed fame when Metallica covered it as a B-side, and after multiple reformations, the band released their fourth album 'Bang' in 2025, proving that four decades have not diminished their riff-writing power.
Sweet Silence combines death and thrash metal from Montrouge in the Parisian suburbs, launched in 2025. Their ironic name contrasts with the sheer volume and aggression of their sonic output, which leaves nothing silent or sweet.
Ljubljana's Sweet Sorrow have evolved from heavy metal to melodic death metal since 2024. Their Shakespearean name referencing Romeo and Juliet's parting channels the bittersweet pain of farewell into freshly-minted compositions of capital-city intensity.
Depressive/post-black metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The band contributed the track Sick Heart to the DSBM Brazil — Vol. II compilation, released January 3, 2020 through the DSBM Brazil collective.
Sweetland is a psychedelic doom metal and grunge-influenced project from Mankato, Minnesota, formed in 2025, combining slow, heavy riffs with hazy, druggy atmosphere.
SweetSuicide channel depressive black metal from Jyvaskyla, exploring the genre's most paradoxically named emotional territory. Emerging in 2025, they bring saccharine despair to the central Finnish underground.
Swelling Repulsion is a progressive melodic death metal band from Fort Collins, Colorado, formed in 2024, blending technical riffing and complex song structures with melodic death metal aggression.
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