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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sun Speaker is a Phoenix, Arizona act formed in 2018 that blends blackened melodic death metal with deathcore, pairing soaring melodic leads with blast-driven aggression and heavy breakdowns.
Sun Worship practice black metal from Berlin, channeling the genre's atmospheric intensity through a solar-worship lens that contrasts with black metal's typically nocturnal imagery. Active since 2011, they've built a reputation for immersive, transcendent black metal from the German capital.
Sundead deliver melodic black/death metal from Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart, combining harmonic sophistication with extreme aggression. Active since 2018, their paradoxical sun/death name reflects music that balances brightness with brutality.
Sundering Titan is a black/sludge metal and crust punk band from Great Falls, Montana, formed in 2014, combining the nihilistic fury of crust punk with the corrosive heaviness of black and sludge metal.
Sundusk practice black metal from Barcelona, channeling the liminal moment between day and darkness through their atmospheric compositions. Active since 2017, they bring twilight intensity to the Catalan underground.
Sunfuneral is a Colorado black metal project formed in 2025, channeling the raw, austere tradition of the genre through a high-altitude lens.
Sunken Monolith forge black, death, and doom metal from Helsinki, combining three extreme genres into a single submerged monument of heaviness. Emerging in 2025, they bring underwater-obelisk intensity to the Finnish underground.
Sunoath is a post-black metal project from Somerville, Massachusetts, formed in 2021, crafting atmospheric and emotionally charged black metal that incorporates post-rock textures and expansive, melodic dynamics.
Sunreaver is a blackened death metal band from Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, formed in 2018, fusing the ferocity of death metal with the cold malevolence of black metal in a style that draws on both American and European extreme metal traditions.
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