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Syphilic Menstruation is a brutal death metal band from New Mexico, formed in 2019, trafficking in the extreme gore-drenched aesthetic and punishing rhythmic density central to the brutal death metal subgenre.
Syphilis have been dealing in thrash and death metal from the Bavarian town of Winhoring since 2003, their disease name reflecting the genre's tradition of morbid nomenclature. Their two decades of activity represent a sustained commitment to extreme metal from rural Upper Bavaria.
Syphilis Ate Her Baby is a deathcore band from Galesburg, Illinois, active since 2007, combining the breakdown-driven heaviness of metalcore with death metal's technical brutality and shock-value lyrical sensibility.
Syphilitic Lust is a black metal band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2010, channeling the raw, caustic energy of underground black metal through the dense urban environment of New York City.
Syphoned is a progressive death/thrash metal band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 2022, merging the technical complexity of progressive metal with the driving aggression of thrash and death metal.
Syphonvision deliver melodic death metal from the Arctic city of Rovaniemi, combining Scandinavian melodeath with siphoned, filtered intensity. Active since 2018, they bring Lapland vision to the Finnish melodeath landscape.
Bergen, Norway's Syrach formed in 1993, developing a heavy and crushing strain of death-doom metal characterized by down-tuned riffs, hypnotic drumming, and raw vocals. The band signed to Napalm Records and released albums including A Dark Burial and Days of Wrath (2007), establishing them as a consistent force in the Norwegian doom underground. Their lyrical content gravitates toward themes of death, evil, and anti-Christianity, and the band has been inactive in recent years.
Syranax is a thrash/speed metal band from Austin, Texas, formed in 2022, bringing high-velocity riffing and old-school aggression to the Texas metal scene.
Syranic blend metalcore with melodic death metal from Aachen, combining modern breakdowns with Scandinavian melodeath's harmonic sophistication. Active since 2010, they bring hybrid intensity to the Euregio tri-border region.
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