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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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Standing on a Floor of Bodies is a San Francisco, California brutal death metal and grindcore band formed in 2010, unleashing gory, technically precise extremity from one of the West Coast's most active underground metal cities.
Stank is a Norfolk, Virginia sludge metal band formed in 2018, wallowing in the filthy, feedback-soaked heaviness of Southern-influenced sludge with a coastal edge drawn from the Hampton Roads music scene.
Star Traveller is a US drone and doom metal project formed in 2018, exploring vast, slowly evolving sonic landscapes where minimalist drone textures merge with the glacial heaviness of doom metal.
Star Viper is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania blackened heavy and thrash metal band formed in 2022, infusing the cold aggression of black metal into a framework of classic heavy and thrash metal riffing.
Los Angeles stoner metal outfit formed in 2017, Starburner traffics in fuzz-drenched, groove-heavy riffs that draw equally from psychedelic rock and the heavier end of the desert sound.
Formed in Mobile, Alabama in 2019, Starcaller plays melodic black/death metal that layers sweeping guitar harmonies and atmospheric tremolo work over blasting rhythmic aggression.
Heavy metal band from Pleasanton, California, active since 2018, Starch deal in straightforward traditional metal with an emphasis on muscular riffing and unpretentious songwriting.
Indianapolis progressive metal act founded in 2024, StarChaser blends intricate instrumental passages with rock-rooted hooks in the expansive progressive metal/rock tradition.
Doom metal band from Waycross, Georgia with roots stretching back to 2006, Starchild pursues the slow, heavy, and mournful end of the doom spectrum with a long-running commitment to the genre.
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