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Evidence (2023)
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Fort Worth's Sharpy operate at the slow, contemplative end of metal's spectrum, fusing progressive doom with post-metal's textural depth since 2011 and contributing to North Texas's underappreciated experimental heavy scene. Their compositions favor gradual dynamic shifts and atmospheric density over conventional song structures, building weight through patience and layering.
Sharzall craft gothic metal from an undisclosed Slovak location since 2017. Their enigmatic name channels undisclosed meaning into darkly atmospheric compositions of anonymous Central European gothic metal.
California's Shataan began as a black metal project in 2024 before incorporating folk and psychedelic elements — a trajectory their Metal Archives genre description openly acknowledges — making them a rare act willing to move between kvlt severity and earthy, exploratory rock. The combination suggests a project more interested in evolution than genre loyalty.
Shathanas forge black/death metal from the southeastern Finnish city of Kouvola, combining the darkest elements of both genres. Active since 2018, they bring Kymenlaakso aggression to the Finnish extreme underground.
Boston's Shatner have been delivering stoner and heavy metal since 2004, bringing the Massachusetts city's long tradition of hard rock credibility to a sound that trades in thick riffs, desert-rock grooves, and an unhurried, hazy heaviness. One of the longer-running acts in their local scene, they carry a veteran's confidence in letting the riff do the work.
Shatter deliver thrash metal and metalcore from the eastern Bohemian town of Jablonne nad Orlici, combining old-school thrash velocity with modern metalcore's rhythmic punch. Their crossover approach bridges two eras of aggressive metal.
Phoenix, Arizona melodic death metal outfit formed in 2011, blending the melodic sensibilities of the Gothenburg tradition with the heavier, sun-scorched aggression of the American Southwest.
Hailing from Hudson, Florida, this death/thrash hybrid tears through riff-heavy territory with the swampy intensity expected from the Sunshine State's underground, formed in 2011.
A heavy metal outfit from the small town of Amery, Wisconsin, playing straightforward, riff-driven metal rooted in classic traditions far from any urban scene, formed in 2011.
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