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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Swelter play heavy metal from the Hessian city of Fulda since 2006, channeling the sweltering intensity their name promises from the heart of Germany. Their nearly two decades of traditional metal represent sustained dedication.
Swept in Black is a New York black metal project formed in 2024, contributing to the state's active underground black metal scene with a raw and atmospheric approach.
Stockholm's Sweven explore progressive death metal from the Swedish capital since 2020. Named for an archaic English word meaning "dream" or "vision," their literary reference channels prophetic reverie into compositions of technically ambitious, boundary-pushing extremity.
SWIN deliver melodic heavy metal and hard rock from Turku, combining classic metal melodies with rock accessibility. Formed in 2024, they bring fresh melodic energy to the southwestern Finnish scene.
Swindler deliver heavy and groove metal from Copenhagen, combining classic metal riffing with groove's rhythmic swagger. Active since 2014, they bring hustler energy to the Danish capital's metal scene.
Las Vegas brutal death metal act Swine Fucker formed in 2018, delivering uncompromising heaviness built on down-tuned guitars, guttural vocals, and punishing blast beats.
California's Swine Infection blends black metal and crust punk into a raw, anarchic sound, active since 2012 and rooted in the lo-fi, DIY tradition common to both genres.
Swine of Dissent is a heavy and thrash metal band from Oklahoma City, formed in 2020, combining classic thrash aggression with traditional heavy metal songwriting.
Swine Soul is a raw black metal and noise project with roots in the American Deep South, active since 2013, trafficking in primitive, lo-fi hostility and minimal production.
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