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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Petrozavodsk's Soli Diaboli Gloria have been practicing black metal from the Karelian capital since 2009. Their Latin dedication meaning "glory to the devil alone" channels infernal devotion into over a decade of compositions from the shores of Lake Onega.
Soliloque practice black metal from Barcelona, channeling the genre's atmospheric solitude through their Catalan-inflected compositions. Active since 2017, they bring introspective darkness to the Mediterranean black metal scene.
Doom/black metal band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, active from 2011 through approximately 2018, releasing two albums: A Sorrowfull Madness of Existence and From the Dark Ages to the Era of Nowhere. The band operated independently and centered their lyrical themes on philosophy, death, and suffering.
Solis Nigri is a black metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2024, contributing to the Pacific Northwest's active black metal underground with a sound rooted in the genre's cold, misanthropic traditions.
Solitarian is a black metal project from Dallas, Texas, formed in 2019, contributing lone, atmospheric black metal to the Texas underground extreme music scene.
Solitary Key is a black metal project from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2018, crafting introspective and atmospheric black metal from the central California coast.
Solitary Suffering is a blackened death metal project from Chico, California, formed in 2023, fusing the ferocity of death metal with black metal's cold dissonance and nihilistic atmosphere.
Solitary Vice is a black metal project from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2021, contributing to the sprawling Southern California black metal underground with a sound steeped in the genre's raw and atmospheric currents.
Solitas is a Louisville, Kentucky doom/black metal band formed in 2012, combining the city's tradition of heavy, oppressive doom with the atmospheric bleakness of black metal.
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