    Sinister | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | — | 1989 | Death Metal | 14 | 6 | 158 | — | Deformation of the Holy Realm 2020 |
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 Sinmara | 🇮🇸 Iceland | — | 2008 | Black Metal | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | Sinmara / Misþyrming 2017 |
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    Six Feet Under | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 1993 | Death Metal / Death 'n' Roll | 19 | 1 | 227 | — | Next to Die 2026 |
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    Six Ft Ditch | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | — | — | Beatdown Hardcore / Metalcore | 5 | 0 | 56 | — | A Taste For Killing 2014 |
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 Skasucks | 🇰🇷 South Korea | — | 2006 | Alternative Rock / Pop Punk | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | Jeff Rosenstock / Skasucks 2017 |
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    Skeletal Remains | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2011 | Death Metal / Heavy Metal | 5 | 0 | 48 | — | Fragments of the Ageless 2024 |
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    Skeletonwitch | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2003 | Black Metal / Thrash Metal | 6 | 2 | 71 | — | Devouring Radiant Light 2018 |
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 Skin Like Iron | 🇺🇸 United States | — | — | Grindcore | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | Skin like Iron / Nails 2012 |
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 Skitsystem | 🇸🇪 Sweden | — | 1994 | Grindcore | 0 | 1 | 7 | — | Skitsystem / Nasum 2002 |
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 Skrupel | 🇩🇪 Germany | — | 1995 | Grindcore | 0 | 1 | 15 | — | Another Four Years of Murder 2006 |
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    Skycamefalling | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 1996 | Metalcore / Post-Hardcore | 1 | 3 | 23 | — | Skycamefalling 2003 |
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 SLANG | 🇯🇵 Japan | — | 1988 | — | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | Hardcore Attack of the Low Life Dogs 2010 |
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 Slapshot | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 1985 | — | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | Slapshot / Ignite 1994 |
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 Slavebreed | 🇬🇷 Greece | — | 2004 | Grindcore | 0 | 1 | 9 | — | Nekroacropolis 2015 |
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    Slayer | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 1981 | Thrash Metal / Heavy Metal | 12 | 0 | 133 | — | Repentless 2015 |
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    Sleep | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 1990 | Doom Metal / Stoner Metal | 6 | 1 | 38 | — | Hempispheres 2026 |
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 Slight Slappers | 🇯🇵 Japan | — | 1994 | Powerviolence | 0 | 1 | 12 | — | Yacøpsæ / Slight Slappers 2014 |
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    Slimelord | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | — | 2019 | Death Metal / Death Doom Metal | 1 | 3 | 18 | — | Chytridiomycosis Relinquished 2024 |
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    Slipknot | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 1995 | Alternative Metal / Groove Metal | 7 | 1 | 112 | — | Adderall 2023 |
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    Slugdge | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | — | 2012 | Death Metal / Progressive Metal | 4 | 1 | 38 | — | Esoteric Malacology 2018 |
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 Smuteční slavnost | 🇨🇿 Czechia | — | 2012 | Black Metal / Blackened Crust | 1 | 0 | 4 | — | Cynics & Outcasts 2014 |
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    Snapcase | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 1991 | Hardcore Punk / Metalcore | 5 | 4 | 69 | — | Bright Flashes 2003 |
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    Sodom | 🇩🇪 Germany | — | 1981 | Thrash Metal / Heavy Metal | 17 | 13 | 252 | — | The Arsonist 2025 |
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    Soilwork | 🇸🇪 Sweden | — | 1995 | Melodic Death Metal / Death Metal | 12 | 4 | 165 | — | Övergivenheten 2022 |
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 Solothus | 🇫🇮 Finland | — | 2007 | Death Metal | 1 | 0 | 7 | — | Kuolema parantaa kaikki haavat 2015 |
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    Sonata Arctica | 🇫🇮 Finland | — | 1999 | Power Metal / Heavy Metal | 14 | 3 | 181 | — | Clear Cold Beyond 2024 |
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    Soreption | 🇸🇪 Sweden | — | 2005 | Technical Death Metal / Death Metal | 4 | 1 | 36 | — | Jord 2022 |
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 Sorhin | 🇸🇪 Sweden | — | 1993 | Black Metal | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | Arte de occulta 1996 |
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 Sound Pollution | 🇬🇷 Greece | — | 1988 | Grindcore | 0 | 1 | 19 | — | The Other Side of Life 1989 |
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   Spawn of Possession | 🇸🇪 Sweden | — | 1997 | Technical Death Metal / Death Metal | 3 | 0 | 30 | — | Incurso 2012 |
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 Spazz | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 1992 | Grindcore / Powerviolence | 0 | 2 | 12 | — | Reality 1996 |
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  Spectral Lore | 🇬🇷 Greece | — | 2005 | Atmospheric Black Metal / Black Metal | 2 | 0 | 13 | — | Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine 2020 |
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 Spectral Voice | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2012 | Death Metal | 1 | 0 | 4 | — | Undergang / Spectral Voice 2023 |
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    Spectral Wound | 🇨🇦 Canada | — | 2015 | Black Metal | 4 | 0 | 25 | — | Songs of Blood and Mire 2024 |
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    Spirit Possession | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2019 | Black Metal / Heavy Metal | 3 | 1 | 27 | — | Cathedral Speech 2026 |
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    Spiritbox | 🇨🇦 Canada | — | 2017 | Metalcore / Alternative Metal | 2 | 3 | 39 | — | Tsunami Sea 2025 |
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    Spite | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2014 | Deathcore | 5 | 1 | 60 | 5.0 / 5.0 | New World Killer 2025 |
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 Splatterhouse | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2002 | — | 0 | 1 | 7 | — | Taste of the Sun / In the Swamps You Rot 2006 |
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 Squash Bowels | 🇵🇱 Poland | — | 1994 | Death Metal / Goregrind | 0 | 2 | 27 | — | Wo-Man?! / Morbid Jesus 1999 |
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| S Srd | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | — | 2016 | Black Metal | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | Shining / Srd 2019 |
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 Stabat Mater | 🇫🇮 Finland | — | 2001 | Black Metal / Doom Metal | 1 | 0 | 17 | — | Crushing the Holy Trinity 2005 |
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   Stabbing | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2021 | Brutal Death Metal / Death Metal | 2 | 1 | 27 | — | Eon of Obscenity 2026 |
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 Stain the Canvas | 🇮🇹 Italy | — | 2017 | — | 1 | 0 | 7 | — | Stolen Youth 2022 |
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 Star Star | 🇺🇸 United States | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 6 | — | Breaking Barriers 1992 |
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   Static Dress | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | — | 2018 | Post-Hardcore / Metalcore | 3 | 0 | 36 | — | Injury Episode 2026 |
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    Static‐X | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 1994 | Industrial Metal / Alternative Metal | 8 | 0 | 101 | — | Project: Regeneration Vol. 2 2024 |
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 Steve Blanco | 🇺🇸 United States | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | — | Imprints of Man 2025 |
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 Steve Matthews Trio | 🇺🇸 United States | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | Effluence / Tantric Bile / Steve Matthews Trio 2025 |
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    Stick to Your Guns | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2003 | Hardcore Punk / Melodic Hardcore | 8 | 4 | 116 | — | Keep Planting Flowers 2025 |
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    Still Remains | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2002 | Metalcore / Heavy Metal | 3 | 3 | 53 | — | Spirit Breaker 2026 |
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