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Blistering Speed / Thrash Metal from New Braunfels.
Savage Blood forge heavy metal from Osnabruck, channeling the raw power and primal energy that their name demands. Active since 2016, they deliver classic metal riffing with an unapologetically aggressive edge.
Norrahammar's Savage Captor thrash from the Jonkoping suburb since 2024. Their predatory-imprisoner name channels the violence of capture into compositions of freshly-minted Smaland aggression.
Savage Grace is an American power and speed metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981 originally under the name Marquis de Sade, drawing early attention when their song 'Scepters of Deceit' appeared on Metal Blade's Metal Massacre II compilation in 1982. The band released the EP The Dominatress (1984) and their debut full-length Master of Disguise (1985), followed by After the Fall from Grace (1986), both considered significant entries in the early American speed metal canon. After a lengthy hiatus following their 1993 split, the band returned in 2023 with Sign of the Cross, the first new studio album in 37 years.
Gothenburg's Savage Heart play heavy metal from Sweden's metal capital since 2016. Their primal-courage name channels the ferocity of untamed emotion into traditional metal compositions from the West Coast.
Bollnas' Savage Mania thrash from the Halsingland town since 2026. Their wild-frenzy name channels uncontrolled ferocity into compositions of brand-new, northern Swedish aggression.
Savage Messiah is an English thrash and heavy metal band formed in London in May 2007 by vocalist and guitarist Dave Silver following the dissolution of his previous group Headless Cross. The band signed to Candlelight Records in 2009 and recorded their debut full-length Insurrection Rising with Grammy-nominated producer Chris Tsangarides, establishing a sound rooted in classic thrash with melodic hooks. Subsequent albums including Plague of Conscience (2012), The Fateful Dark (2014) on Earache Records, and Hands of Fate (2017) on Century Media Records—recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios—built the band's reputation as a consistent presence in the British heavy metal underground.
Phoenix, Arizona's Savage Necromancy emerged in 2019 with a death/black metal approach rooted in ugliness and ritual menace — the scorching desert backdrop a fitting home for music built around morbid atmospheres and unrelenting sonic punishment. They mine the classic death-black crossover with no interest in modernization, keeping their sound firmly in the tradition of early-'90s extremity.
A US heavy metal act formed in 2023, Savage Oath channel the timeless vocabulary of traditional metal — riff-forward songwriting, muscular rhythms, and a commitment to the form that reads as both tribute and genuine passion. Still early in their run, they represent the enduring appeal of heavy metal in its most elemental and unadorned shape.
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