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Spell of Torment craft melodic blackened death metal from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, weaving dark enchantments through extreme compositions. They bring hexed intensity to the Ostrobothnia extreme scene.
Spellbinder is a power metal band from Oakland, California, formed in 2001, delivering soaring, melodically driven power metal with the high-register vocals and twin-guitar harmonies characteristic of the American power metal style.
Spellbinder is a progressive metal band from Clearwater, Florida, formed in 2001, crafting technically proficient and melodically rich progressive metal informed by the genre's classic 1990s era.
Spellblood deal in death metal from the Finnish underground, channeling blood-magic themes through extreme compositions. Formed in 2021, they bring enchanted brutality to the Finnish death metal scene.
SpellBook is a heavy metal and hard rock band from York, Pennsylvania, formed in 2020, playing classic-influenced heavy metal with a foundation in hard rock dynamics and traditional song structures.
Death metal band from Waremme in Wallonia, formed in 2026, evolving from death metal origins toward melodic death metal. As one of the newest acts in Belgium's extreme metal scene, they represent the continued vitality of death metal in francophone Belgium.
Raw black metal solo project from Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul, run by Tiago Colizzi under the pseudonyms Lord Invoker and Barbarian Lord. The project released two cassettes — Night Hymn (1999) and Brave Hordes of War (2000) — the latter featuring programmed drums, and never performed live.
Spellcast is a symphonic black metal band from Lakewood, California, formed in 2012, layering orchestral arrangements and grandiose keyboard textures over black metal's raw aggression in the tradition of European symphonic black metal.
Spellcaster is a heavy/speed metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2014, reviving the NWOBHM-influenced speed metal sound of the early 1980s with strong melodies, galloping riffs, and a classic aesthetic.
Spellchucker is a doom/sludge metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2018, delivering slow, oppressively heavy music that fuses traditional doom's despair with sludge metal's abrasive, feedback-drenched textures.
Spellcraft is a black metal band from Enterprise, Alabama, formed in 2002, one of the few black metal acts to emerge from the deep South, pursuing grim, lo-fi black metal in relative geographic isolation.
Spellgrinder is a heavy metal band from Twentynine Palms, California, formed in 2023, playing traditional heavy metal from the high desert of the Mojave with a sound rooted in classic metal song craft.
Spellmaster is a power metal band from Massachusetts, formed in 2020, crafting melodic power metal with an emphasis on soaring vocal harmonies and anthemic compositions in the classic American power metal tradition.
Spellslinger is an Indiana black metal and dungeon synth project formed in 2025, conjuring raw atmospheric textures that draw on both the abrasive traditions of black metal and the medieval fantasy mood of dungeon synth.
Spellwitch play heavy metal from the Finnish underground, channeling witchcraft themes through classic metal compositions. Active since 2011, they bring hexing intensity to the Finnish traditional metal scene.
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