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Serphika is a melodic power metal band from Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina, formed in late 2011 with the aim of blending symphonic and operatic elements into a metal framework drawing on influences including Nightwish and Helloween. The band released the EP Despertar in December 2014, recorded at Heaven and Hell Recording Studio with vocalist Lorena Espinoza fronting a lineup that also included guitarists Santiago Cabezas and Cristian Testaseca.
Rome's Serpi in Seno play heavy metal with an Italian name meaning "serpents in the bosom" since 2023. This idiomatic expression for hidden treachery gives their traditional metal a distinctly Italian literary flavor.
Serpiente Eterna is a black/thrash metal band from Copiapó, Chile, whose history stretches back to 2001 through predecessor projects including My Funeral Hell, Silentium Noctis, and Serpent Noctis before adopting the current name in 2014. The band released their debut full-length, also titled Serpiente Eterna, in 2017, with lyrical themes exploring darkness, anti-Christianity, and Sumerian mythology.
Houston death metal act Serpientes de Fuego have been bringing the fire since 2018, rooted in the Lone Star State's storied brutal underground and delivering uncompromising, riff-driven death metal out of one of Texas's most historically fertile metal cities.
A young technical death metal outfit from Huntsville, Alabama, Serratia formed in 2024 and immediately set their sights on clinical precision and surgical riff construction. Their name — borrowed from the rod-shaped bacterium — signals an interest in the microscopic and malignant, matching a sound built on rapid-fire fretwork and punishing rhythmic density.
Hailing from Unionville, Florida, Serration have been cultivating a raw and uncompromising strain of death metal since 2018, drawing on the punishing aesthetic of the Florida tradition while carving their own jagged edge. Their approach favors heaviness over technicality, leaning into grinding riffs and brutal rhythmic punishment.
Richmond, Virginia's Serum have been a fixture of that city's underground death metal scene since 2008, channeling the grim and gritty energy that Richmond's heavy music community is known for. Their sound is rooted in old-school death metal values — thick, downtuned riffs, menacing vocals, and a no-frills devotion to the form.
Serum 114 is a Frankfurt-based German punk rock band formed in 2006, drawing primary influence from Social Distortion while delivering socially and politically charged lyrics in German. Fronted by vocalist Esche, the band built a devoted following over more than fifteen years and eight releases, with the album Die Nacht mein Freund (2016) reaching number three on the German charts. Their 2020 album Im Zeichen der Zeit was released through Napalm Records and continued their streak of chart success, while a 2022 acoustic EP Zuhause Unplugged demonstrated the range of Esche's songwriting stripped of electric instrumentation.
Crushing Grindcore / Death Metal from Austin, Texas (early); Portland, Oregon (later).
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