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Sorrowing is a Philadelphia post-black metal band formed in 2021, merging the aggression of black metal with the expansive, emotionally textured qualities of atmospheric and post-metal.
SorrowKrude is a black metal and dungeon synth project from Inglewood, California, formed in 2024, combining raw underground black metal with the ambient and fantasy-tinged textures of dungeon synth.
Sorrowseed is a Boston band formed in 2012 that weaves together melodic death metal, black metal, and gothic metal into a theatrically dark and melodically ambitious sound, building a steady cult following in the New England metal scene.
Osby's Sorthug practice black metal from the small Skane town since 2020. Their Swedish name meaning "black stroke" or "black blow" channels the impact of darkened force into atmospheric compositions from the southern Swedish countryside.
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Sortsind (Danish for "Black Mind" or "Melancholy") practice black metal from Copenhagen, channeling the genre's darkest psychological dimensions. Formed in 2020, they bring mental darkness to the Danish capital's black metal ecosystem.
Sota de Bastos (a Spanish playing card) forge black/death metal from Madrid, drawing their name from the Iberian card deck. Formed in 2024, they bring distinctly Spanish symbolism to their extreme metal approach.
Sotakirves (Finnish for "War Axe") forge black/death metal from Helsinki, combining battlefield themes with extreme metal aggression since 2004. Their two decades of axe-wielding extremity make them veterans of the Finnish capital's underground.
Black metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, operating in the unblack (Christian black metal) tradition and described as one of the most extreme anti-Satanic voices in the Brazilian underground. The band released the album Pure Holocaust of Armaggedom through Kongsblod Records, a six-track record with a bonus demo rehearsal track, and contributed material to the Underblood Fest Collection Vol. 1 compilation.
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