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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Sodomancy practice black/death metal from the Finnish underground, combining occult divination themes with extreme metal aggression. Active since 2017, they bring profane prophecy to the Finnish extreme scene.
Stockholm's Sodomisery merge melodic death and black metal from the Swedish capital since 2017. Their transgression-misery portmanteau channels the suffering born of sin into compositions of darkly melodic capital-city extremity.
Sodomistic Harem practice raw black metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2022. Their deliberately transgressive name channels maximum provocation into lo-fi compositions of anonymous darkness.
Black metal and punk band from Rio Grande do Sul, originally a one-man project by Kadu Necro Defunto, who recorded and released the four-track demo Bleed Like a God in December 2022. The self-titled debut album followed in April 2023, with bassist Celtic subsequently joining the lineup.
Soerd practice black metal from Tallinn, channeling the genre's harsh intensity from the Estonian capital. Formed in 2023, they bring fresh Nordic-influenced darkness to the Baltic underground.
Soft Shell is a raw black metal and ambient project from Kalamazoo, Michigan, formed in 2021, producing lo-fi, abrasive black metal that merges the primitive rawness of the underground with cold atmospheric textures.
Sogh channel depressive black metal from Lower Saxony, exploring the genre's most anguished emotional depths through raw, despairing compositions. Active since 2013, they bring sustained melancholy to the North German underground.
Soil to Ash fuse speed metal, black metal, and crust punk from Kaiserslautern, creating a volatile crossover that draws from three of heavy music's most aggressive styles. Formed in 2020, they bring chaotic energy to the Rhineland-Palatinate scene.
Sojourn in Existence is a progressive black/death metal band from Oregon, formed in 2021, weaving complex compositional structures and introspective themes through a framework of blackened extremity and progressive expansion.
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