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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Bratislava's Sighisoara pair gothic and doom metal from the Slovak capital since 2013. Named for the Transylvanian city where Vlad Dracula was born, over a decade of channeling vampiric heritage into darkly atmospheric compositions from the Danube.
Verona's Sight merge black metal, death metal, and experimental elements since 2018. Their minimalist name belies an ambitious approach that refuses to be confined within traditional genre boundaries.
Calcinelli's Sight of Eternity blend death and melodic death metal from the Marche region since 2024. Their name's infinite scope mirrors compositional ambitions that balance brutality with sweeping melody.
Sightless deal in death/black metal from Tampere, channeling extreme aggression without sight through dual-genre compositions. Formed in 2020, they bring blind fury to the Pirkanmaa underground.
Austin death metal outfit Sigil have been grinding out punishing, riff-forward heaviness since 2015, drawing on the city's underground tradition of brutal, no-frills extremity.
Sigil Arboreal craft atmospheric black metal from the German underground, their name combining occult symbolism ("sigil") with natural imagery ("arboreal"). Emerging in 2025, they bring a nature-mystic dimension to atmospheric black metal.
Formed in 2024, Sigil of Despair blend the gut-punch rhythmic breakdowns of deathcore with the visceral brutality of straight death metal, a newer act pushing aggression to its limit.
Independence, Kansas outfit Sigil Wound carve an unusual intersection between the cold fury of black metal and the fractured time signatures of mathcore, producing dissonant, technically demanding compositions since 2020.
Sigillum Diabolicum conjures black metal from Clermont-Ferrand, the volcanic heartland of central France, active since 2010. Their name, Latin for 'seal of the devil,' anchors an occult-themed approach to raw, uncompromising black metal.
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