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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Solncestoyanie craft progressive ambient black metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2022. Their Russian name meaning "solstice" channels the astronomical extremes of light and darkness into compositions of celestial, boundary-spanning intensity.
Solnoctus is a raw black metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2014, favoring the deliberately abrasive, lo-fi production and primitive ferocity that defines the raw black metal aesthetic.
Solsaate blend blackened folk metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2008. Nearly two decades of channeling their sun-derived name into compositions that merge Scandinavian folk tradition with black metal intensity.
Solstice Ritual is a Virginia raw black metal project active since 2012, dealing in abrasive, lo-fi black metal of a deliberately primitive and hostile character, with an uncompromising aesthetic rooted in the earliest traditions of the genre.
Solus are a Los Angeles post-black metal project active since 2007, weaving atmospheric and introspective textures into a black metal foundation in the manner characteristic of the city's eclectic extreme metal underground.
Black metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 2014, featuring vocalist Senapos, guitarist Diogo Rocha, bassist Alex Hiroshima, and drummer Ariel Osodrac. Their debut album No Infinito do Cosmos was released in 2018 through Disastrous Messiah Productions, a Mexican underground black metal label.
Severodvinsk's Solza Mist craft atmospheric post-black metal from Russia's submarine-building center since 2017. Their tear-mist name and Arctic shipyard origins channel the fog of sorrow over the White Sea into immersive compositions.
Soma Ras are a Sacramento, California band formed in 2012 who fuse blackened death metal with deathcore elements, combining blast-beat intensity and guttural heaviness with the breakdowns and structural extremity associated with modern heavy music.
Somber Ire is a New York depressive black metal project formed in 2018, channeling anguish and desolation through the bleak, minimalist aesthetic that defines the DSBM subgenre.
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