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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Heavy metal band from São Paulo, formed in 2017, featuring vocalist Carina Oliveira, guitarist Fernando Freak, and drummer Ramon Sena. The band released their debut EP Freakshow in 2018 as an independent release.
Las Vegas is not the most obvious home for black metal, which makes Savnock's decade-plus existence there all the more singular — a black metal act forged in 2011 amid the neon and sprawl, channeling the genre's darkness and isolation against an unlikely urban backdrop. Their sound is pure black metal conviction, stripped of spectacle despite where they come from.
Savonarola play crossover and thrash metal from the Galician port of Ferrol, named after the medieval Italian friar who preached against vice. Active since 2011, they bring sermon-like intensity to the northwestern Spanish thrash scene.
Pitea's Sawchain pair thrash and death metal from the northern Swedish coastal city since 2019. Their power-tool name channels the mechanical violence of motorized cutting into compositions of dual-genre aggression from Norrbotten.
Chicago's Sawdoff arrived in 2025 with a crossover thrash approach built for the pit — the kind of music that owes equal debts to D.R.I. and Pantera, with groove metal's punch layered under thrash metal's speed and the DIY ethos of hardcore crossover. Brand new to the scene, they're already positioned squarely in Chicago's heavy underground tradition.
Sawhill Sacrifice evolved from black/thrash metal origins into a more straightforward black metal direction from Hyvinkaa in southern Finland. Active since 2014, they bring sawmill-town grit to the Finnish black metal scene.
Roseto degli Abruzzi's Sawthis have been crafting groove metal and metalcore from the Adriatic coast since 2006. Nearly two decades of Abruzzese persistence have yielded a sound that is tight, rhythmically complex, and reliably heavy.
Sax deliver thrash metal from Brno, cutting through with sharp riffing and aggressive energy rooted in the classic thrash template. Their straightforward approach favors velocity and impact over complexity.
SaXaXaS deal in thrash and death metal from Torgau in Saxony, channeling aggressive extremity from the banks of the Elbe. Active since 2018, they bring the velocity and brutality of the thrash/death crossover to the eastern German scene.
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