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GRAVESIDE CONFESSIONS (2021)
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An Exposition of Insides (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Vertigo (Sunbather: 10th Anniversary Remix / Remaster) (2023)
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Spectral Tower is an atmospheric black/doom metal project from San Luis Obispo, California, formed in 2014, crafting expansive, desolate soundscapes that merge glacially slow tempos with windswept black metal tremolo and melancholy atmosphere.
Spectral Woods is a raw black metal solo project from Eureka, California, formed in 2019, producing primitive, lo-fi black metal rooted in harsh production and misanthropic Northern California forest aesthetics.
Speed Demon is a thrash/speed metal band from Monterey, California, formed in 2022, drawing on punk-infused speed metal in the mold of early Motörhead and Agent Steel, favoring raw velocity and stripped-down song structures.
SpeedBurner is a speed/thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2019, playing fast, stripped-down metal informed by the early 1980s speed metal tradition and classic thrash aggression.
Spektre is a California black metal and dark ambient project formed in 2022, weaving harsh black metal compositions with ambient atmospheric passages to create an unsettling and immersive sonic experience.
Spellbinder is a power metal band from Oakland, California, formed in 2001, delivering soaring, melodically driven power metal with the high-register vocals and twin-guitar harmonies characteristic of the American power metal style.
Spellcast is a symphonic black metal band from Lakewood, California, formed in 2012, layering orchestral arrangements and grandiose keyboard textures over black metal's raw aggression in the tradition of European symphonic black metal.
Spellgrinder is a heavy metal band from Twentynine Palms, California, formed in 2023, playing traditional heavy metal from the high desert of the Mojave with a sound rooted in classic metal song craft.
Spinal Tap is the Los Angeles fictional heavy metal band created for Rob Reiner's 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, whose satirical portrayal of rock excess became one of the most influential comedies in music history and a touchstone for heavy metal culture worldwide.
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