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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sutter Cane is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania groove and thrash metal band formed in 2012, named after the fictional horror author in John Carpenter's film, blending punishing groove rhythms with thrash metal intensity.
Svoboda is a Minneapolis, Minnesota sludge metal band formed in 2012, whose name means "freedom" in several Slavic languages, playing slow, abrasive, and emotionally dense sludge rooted in the Midwest underground.
Swaath is a sludge metal band from Portland, Maine, formed in 2012, channeling the crushing weight and bleak atmosphere characteristic of the northeastern underground heavy music scene.
Swallow the Sky is a doom/sludge metal band from the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee, formed in 2015, combining noise-laced heaviness with the slow, suffocating dynamics of Southern-influenced sludge.
Swamp is a stoner/sludge metal band from Indianapolis, Indiana, formed in 2013, combining fuzz-soaked riffs and lethargic grooves in the tradition of Midwest heavy underground acts.
Swamp is a Jacksonville, Florida band formed in 2013 that melds death metal aggression with sludge metal's punishing mid-paced heaviness, drawing on Florida's deep extreme metal heritage.
Swamp Druid is a sludge/post-metal band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 2020, weaving expansive, slow-burning heaviness with atmospheric passages informed by Florida's humid, oppressive environment.
Swamp Hag is a sludge metal band from Lawrence, Kansas, formed in 2019, delivering ugly, feedback-laden heaviness with the confrontational energy common to the American sludge underground.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana sludge and Southern metal band formed in 2018, channeling the suffocating heaviness of the Gulf Coast underground through down-tuned riffs and a thick, swampy production aesthetic native to the region.
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