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Strangled deliver thrash and death metal from Hamburg, combining the velocity of thrash with death metal's crushing weight. Formed in 2019, they bring choking intensity to the Hanseatic extreme metal scene.
Los Angeles-based progressive death metal band formed in 2013, combining the technical and compositional complexity of progressive metal with the ferocity and downtuned brutality of death metal.
Stranglion Rot deal in death metal from the Finnish underground, channeling the suffocating decay their composite name describes. Active since 2012, they bring strangulation and rot to the Finnish death metal scene.
Ohio-based sludge and stoner metal act formed in 2021, fusing the molasses-slow heaviness of sludge with the fuzz-driven groove of stoner rock for a sound rooted in the American heavy underground.
San Diego, California brutal death metal band formed in 2019, delivering the hyper-blasting percussion, guttural vocals, and dense, down-tuned riffing central to the brutal death metal style.
Gilbert, Arizona goregrind and brutal death metal outfit formed in 2025, combining the frenzied extremity of goregrind with the crushing density of brutal death metal.
Stockholm's Strapats pair blackened heavy metal from the Swedish capital since 2023. Their Swedish name meaning "hardship" or "ordeal" channels the endurance of suffering into compositions that merge traditional metal with black metal darkness.
Farmington, Minnesota thrash and groove metal act formed in 2021, blending the rhythmic punch of groove metal with classic thrash aggression to produce heavy, head-banging material.
Boston, Massachusetts technical death metal band formed in 2021, applying rigorous compositional complexity and demanding musicianship to the brutality of death metal in the style associated with the American technical death metal underground.
Strapping Young Lad was formed in Vancouver, Canada in 1994 by Devin Townsend, initially as a one-man studio vehicle for his most extreme and chaotic songwriting. By 1997 the project expanded into a full band featuring drummer Gene Hoglan, guitarist Jed Simon, and bassist Byron Stroud, and the album City established the band's reputation for wall-of-sound industrial metal production married to death and black metal extremity. Subsequent records including Alien (2005) and The New Black (2006) broadened their audience before Townsend disbanded the group in 2007 to pursue a less abrasive creative direction. Strapping Young Lad are widely regarded as one of the most sonically intense bands in extreme metal history.
New York metalcore band formed in 2024, drawing on the genre's synthesis of hardcore aggression and metal riffing to produce confrontational, high-energy material.
Straton deliver heavy metal from Nymburk, channeling the classic metal tradition through Czech sensibilities. Their central Bohemian base connects them to a region with a solid tradition of traditional metal.
Pagan black metal band from Eagle, Colorado, formed in 2018, combining the harsh atmospherics and raw intensity of black metal with the folk and nature-worshipping themes of the pagan metal tradition.
Stratos play heavy metal from the university city of Gottingen, channeling classic metal energy with the atmospheric heights their name suggests. Formed in 2021, they bring traditional metal fire to the Lower Saxon highlands.
Heavy metal band from Queens, New York City with roots going back to 1996, representing the enduring traditional metal scene of the New York metro area with a sound grounded in classic American heavy metal.
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