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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Saattue deliver melodic doom/death metal from Riihimaki in southern Finland, combining crushing heaviness with sorrowful melodic passages. Active since 2016, they bring processional weight to the Finnish doom tradition.
Sabatan play heavy metal from Madrid, channeling classic metal energy from the Spanish capital. Active since 2010, they bring traditional metal fire to one of Southern Europe's largest and most vibrant music cities.
Sweden's Sabaton have become the world's premier military history-themed power metal band, turning epic tales of warfare from Thermopylae to the trenches of World War I into triumphant, fist-pumping anthems built on Joakim Broden's commanding baritone and massive keyboard-driven arrangements. Albums like 'The Art of War' and 'The Great War' pair meticulous historical research with arena-sized choruses, making them one of the biggest draws in European metal festivals. Their earnest celebration of soldiers' courage across all sides of conflict, combined with their educational outreach including the Sabaton History Channel, has built them a uniquely devoted global fanbase.
Sabazius has been crafting extraordinarily lengthy drone/doom metal from the seaside city of Brighton since 2008. Named after the Phrygian sky deity, their mammoth compositions can stretch well beyond an hour, pushing drone-doom to its most extreme temporal limits.
Sabbat ranks among the most significant British thrash metal bands, formed in Nottingham in 1991. Their politically charged thrash, influenced by pagan and occult themes, made them essential figures in the UK thrash scene alongside the likes of Onslaught and Xentrix.
Christian progressive death metal band from Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil, active since 2001 with a hiatus between 2009 and 2014. The band's releases include a 2005 split with Demoniciduth, the full-lengths From Dust to Dust (2007) and From Abandonment to Salvation (2014), and the anniversary compilation Sabbatariam 20 Years in May 2021, which featured vocalists Walter 'Big Head' Jr. and Daniel 'Corpse' Rezende alongside guitarist and producer Marcão Werneck.
Sabbath deliver heavy metal from the Valencian town of Meliana, channeling the dark spirit of their namesake through classic metal compositions. Formed in 2020, they bring Sabbath-inspired heaviness to the Mediterranean coast.
Crushing Psychedelic Rock, Doom Metal from New York, New York /.
Austin doom metal. Crushing riffs channeling Black Sabbath worship.
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