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Knoxville, Tennessee's Swine Suicide have played black metal with ambient underpinnings since 2011, crafting cold, desolate soundscapes out of the Southern Appalachian underground.
Swineherd is a death and groove metal band from Durham, North Carolina, formed in 2025, fusing the rhythmic punch of groove metal with the aggression of death metal.
Iowa's Swinery formed in 2014 and plays deathcore with death metal sensibilities, blending breakdowns and extreme metal intensity in the tradition of the Midwest's heavy underground.
Hamburg punk collective Swiss & Die Andern deliver politically charged, crossover-inflected German-language punk rock that blends hardcore aggression with hip-hop attitude and DJ scratching. Frontman Swiss leads the band through a prolific catalog — from 'Grosse Freiheit' to 'Erstmal zu Penny' — that tackles social issues with both fury and irreverent humor, earning them chart success and a fervent live following across Germany.
Switchback is a sludge and stoner metal band from Hyrum, Utah, active since 2013, delivering slow, heavy riffs shaped by the isolation of Cache Valley's rural landscape.
Crossover thrash band from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, formed by vocalist Vinicius Blanc, guitarist Fabio Lannes, bassist Luciano Munhoz, and drummer Mauro Lopes. The band released the EP Batendo de Frente in 2021 on Extreme Sound Records, recorded at Tellus Studio in Niterói between October and December 2020.
Crushing Sludge / Stoner Metal / Rock from Corpus Christi.
Madison, Wisconsin's Switchblade Monkeys have played groove and heavy metal since 2014, crafting punchy, riff-forward songs rooted in the Midwest's working-class metal tradition.
Swnw is an industrial sludge metal project formed in 2023, combining the mechanical grind of industrial metal with the sludge metal's slow, distorted heaviness into a harsh, rhythmic whole.
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