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Athens, Georgia's Savagist have been channeling the uglier side of the South through sludge metal since 2012, crafting slow, abrasive music that feels at home in the tradition of Eyehategod and Melvins while carrying their own suffocating weight. Athens may be known for indie rock, but Savagist represent the city's capacity for heaviness on the extreme end of the dial.
A stoner metal band from Graz, Savanah build their sound on hypnotic heavy riffs that alternate between loud, crushing passages and more subdued, apathetic tones across albums including "Deep Shades," "The Healer," and "Olympus Mons." Their 2021 live session, recorded at Explosiv Graz, captures the full dynamic range of their heavy, groove-driven approach.
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Thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 1995, operating in the old-school Bay Area style with influences from Slayer, Testament, and Exodus. The band released No Hope in 2007, Serial Killers' Tales in 2017, and their third album Savant Attack in 2023 through Voice Music, the latter featuring a guest appearance by Fernanda Lira of Crypta.
Savatage began in Florida under the creative force of brothers Jon and Criss Oliva and became one of American heavy metal's most theatrical and emotionally ambitious bands. Early records such as Sirens, The Dungeons Are Calling, and Power of the Night showed a raw, street-level metal band with sharp riffs and Jon Oliva's volatile voice at the center. Hall of the Mountain King gave the group a defining anthem and a darker, more dramatic shape, while Gutter Ballet and Streets: A Rock Opera pushed Savatage toward piano, narrative structure, and progressive arrangement. After Criss Oliva's death, the band continued with Edge of Thorns, Handful of Rain, Dead Winter Dead, and The Wake of Magellan, developing the grand, orchestral instincts that would also feed into Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Savatage fit metal scope without qualification: their catalog moves through traditional heavy metal, power metal, progressive metal, and rock opera. What makes them endure is the tension between muscular riffs and wounded drama, where songs can feel both arena-sized and haunted by private grief.
Savatan deal in death metal from the Navarrese city of Tudela, channeling extreme aggression from the Ebro Valley. Active since 2010, they bring Ribaforada-bred brutality to the northern Spanish extreme scene.
Moscow's Save pair groove metal and metalcore from the Russian capital since 2016. Their redemptive name channels the act of salvation into rhythmically driven compositions of capital-city intensity.
Krasnodar's Save My Name craft symphonic metal from the Kuban capital since 2018. Their plea-for-remembrance name channels the fear of being forgotten into orchestral compositions from southern Russia.
Gothic metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, formed in 2009, featuring vocalist Melissa Ironn, guitarist Marlon Lago, drummer Andrêss Fontanella, and bassist Jackson Harvelle. The band released their debut EP Find the Way in 2010 and their first full-length The Otherside in 2015 through Shinigami Records.
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