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Depressive black metal project with connections to Loviisa, Finland, formed in 2020, working in the introspective, stripped-down tradition of depressive black metal with a Scandinavian orientation despite its US registration. The band's name is a Swedish-inflected phonetic rendering suggesting woodland isolation.
Stuck blend progressive thrash metal with crossover and hardcore from Lower Saxony, creating a volatile hybrid that refuses to be confined to a single style. Active since 2018, they bring genre-bending aggression to the North German underground.
Formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 1989, Stuck Mojo pioneered the fusion of Southern groove metal and hip-hop, making them one of the earliest and most recognized rap metal acts in the genre. Guitarst Rich Ward and vocalist Bonz anchored a sound that broke through commercially with the 1998 album Rising, which sold over 50,000 copies and stood as Century Media Records' best-selling release for several years. The band disbanded in 2001 before reuniting in 2005, continuing to record and tour with releases including Here Come the Infidels (2016).
Sludge and doom metal band from Lawrence, Kansas, formed in 2023, named after the legendarily haunted Stull Cemetery in eastern Kansas, channeling regional gothic mythology into slow, crushing metal. Lawrence's college-town underground provides a home for their bleak, heavy sound.
Progressive death metal band from Camdenton, Missouri, formed in 2023, blending the technical brutality of death metal with the compositional ambition of progressive metal in the Ozarks-region underground.
Stultiferya is a black metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, active since 2016 and operating under that name following an earlier period as Ohrwurm. Signed to Cannibal Distro, the band explores themes of existentialism, nihilism, phenomenology, and ontology, and released the EP "Genealogía" in 2021.
Thrash metal band from Columbus, Georgia, formed in 2021, delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash in the southern underground. The band operates under the Stump Grinder Records label, suggesting both self-sufficient DIY ethos and organizational ambition.
Death metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in 2021, sharing a name with the Georgia thrash act but operating independently in the Pittsburgh underground with a focus on straightforward, brutal death metal.
Experimental southern and black metal band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2021, defying easy categorization by blending the atmospheric harshness of black metal with the roots-inflected heaviness of southern metal and a restlessly experimental compositional approach.
Stunner channel southern, stoner, and doom metal from Dresden, building groove-laden compositions with the sun-baked heaviness of the American South transported to the Elbe Valley. Active since 2017, they bring laid-back crushing weight to the Saxon scene.
Stunx play heavy metal from Berlin, channeling classic metal energy from the German capital. Active since 2014, they bring traditional metal fire to Berlin's vast and varied underground.
Sturmfolk channel pagan black metal from North Rhine-Westphalia, fusing pre-Christian themes with the aggressive intensity of black metal. Formed in 2024, they bring Germanic pagan traditions to the western German underground.
Sturmfront practice black metal from the Finnish underground, channeling the genre's stormfront-inspired fury. Active since 2005, they bring two decades of tempestuous darkness to the Finnish scene.
American black metal project formed in 2014 with no publicly listed city or state, operating in the anonymous underground tradition of the genre. The German name — meaning "assault rifle" — signals a militaristic, aggressive aesthetic consistent with certain strains of raw and orthodox black metal.
Chieti's Sturmkaiser deliver black metal with a German name meaning "storm emperor" from Abruzzo since 2020. Their linguistic and geographic contrast channels authoritarian darkness from the Italian Adriatic hills.
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