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Solar Warden is a black/death metal band from Roswell, New Mexico, formed in 2021, whose name references UFO conspiracy lore and whose sound channels the dark, hostile energy of blackened death metal from an appropriately desolate desert locale.
Black metal band from Parapuã, São Paulo, formed in 2001 and active until 2017, with roots in an earlier project called Final Dusk. Their releases include the compilations Krieg's Machine and W.M., described internally as pure morbid black metal with themes of nihilism, war, and misanthropy.
Smolensk's Solarmace craft atmospheric post-black metal from the historic western Russian city since 2024. Their sun-weapon name and origins at a city that has withstood centuries of invasion channel radiant violence into compositions of atmospheric beauty.
Solarward craft melodic black metal from Minsk with albums like "How To Survive A Rainout" and "As The Sky Stares Down," balancing tremolo-picked intensity with expansive melodic passages. Active since 2009, they bring an atmospheric, introspective dimension to Belarusian black metal.
Solbrud practice black metal from Copenhagen, crafting immersive, atmospheric compositions that have earned them widespread acclaim in the Danish and international underground. Active since 2012, they've become one of Copenhagen's most important black metal acts, known for their expansive, emotionally powerful sound.
Solefald is a Norwegian avant-garde metal duo formed in 1995 by multi-instrumentalist Lars Are 'Lazare' Nedland and vocalist-guitarist Cornelius Jakhelln, who named the project after an Old Norse word for 'sunset.' The band's first album The Linear Scaffold laid out their framework of black metal fused with experimental and literary influences, while Pills Against the Ageless Ills (2001) — a concept album about a pornographer and a monk — demonstrated the absurdist conceptual ambition that would define subsequent records. In Harmonia Universali (2003) featured lyrics in four languages, each song dedicated to a different historical figure or deity. Solefald have rarely performed live, preferring to exist primarily as a recording project.
Solemn Penitence is a blackened death metal band from Longview, Texas, formed in 2025, merging the ferocity of death metal with the cold, abrasive atmosphere of black metal.
Solephemeros is a US death/black metal project formed in 2025, operating at the intersection of death metal brutality and black metal atmosphere in the American underground extreme metal tradition.
Solhverv (Danish for "Solstice") channel black metal from Copenhagen, marking the turning points between light and darkness through their atmospheric compositions. Active since 2015, they bring seasonal intensity to the Danish capital's vibrant black metal scene.
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