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Sacral Night deliver heavy metal from the Alpine city of Grenoble, channeling classic metal energy with sacred-night themes. Active since 2017, they bring mountain-forged traditional metal to the Dauphine region.
Sacrament evolved from power/thrash metal origins into a more power/heavy metal direction, tracing a trajectory from aggressive velocity toward anthemic grandeur. Based in Nuremberg, they draw from Bavaria's rich tradition of melodic European metal.
Belgrade's Sacramental Blood deliver brutal death metal from the Serbian capital since 2014. Their holy-blood name channels the violation of the sacred into compositions of uncompromising capital-city extremity.
Symphonic metal band from Minsk, Belarus, whose 2008 album "Grail of Solitude" blends heavy metal with progressive and symphonic elements across six tracks including the Belarusian-language closer "Chornyya Khmary" (Black Clouds). Their fusion of orchestral grandeur with metal intensity positions them as a notable voice in Belarus's limited but passionate metal scene.
Black/death metal band from São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2019. The quintet — Guilherme Melo (vocals), André Guimarães and Luiz Fernando Matiello (guitars), Guilherme Mendes (bass), and Leonardo Michelazzo (drums) — released their debut full-length Prophecies of Plague in June 2020, drawing on themes of the Black Plague, religious abuse of power, and cosmic horror. Their second album IX followed in 2022, a nine-track record released independently on Bandcamp and streaming platforms.
Sacramentum is a melodic black metal band from Falköping, Sweden, founded by guitarist and vocalist Nisse Karlén in 1990 under the name Tumulus before adopting the current name in 1992. Inspired by Dissection and Burzum, the band released their debut Far Away from the Sun in 1996, which is widely regarded as one of the defining early records of the melodic black metal genre. They followed with The Coming of Chaos (1997) and Thy Black Destiny (1999), both recorded at guitarist Andy LaRocque's studio in Gothenburg, before going dormant and reuniting with live performances beginning in 2022.
Thrash/death metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, active since 2008. The band, built around vocalist and guitarist Fabbio Webber alongside drummer Everson Krentz and bassist Gustavo Stuepp, released their third album Beyond the Violence in 2012 on Voice Music. The record marked a more mature phase for the band, which had roots going back to an earlier incarnation called Morbid active in the early 1990s.
Sacras is a death metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, who self-released their debut demo in January 1994, featuring tracks such as "Aproximandonos al fin," "Rey de Reyes," and "Nosferatus." The band has remained an independent act throughout their career and made their demo available for free digital download through their Bandcamp page.
Sacrasanct has been playing heavy metal from Manchester since 1990, making them one of the longest-running acts in this collection. Over three decades, they have maintained a steadfast commitment to classic heavy metal from one of England's most musically productive cities.
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