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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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When Everything Means Nothing (Cinematic) (2021)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Soulecy merge black and doom metal from the Utrecht province since 2012. Their spirit-echo name and central Dutch origins channel spectral resonance through compositions of atmospheric weight and darkness.
Eindhoven's Soulemission pair black and death metal from the Brabant metal capital since 2016. Their soul-release name and Eindhoven's legendary status in Dutch metal create a framework for compositions of spiritual extremity.
Soulfallen channel melodic death and black metal from Jyvaskyla, combining the emotional weight of melodeath with black metal's atmospheric darkness. Active since 2007, they bring fallen-soul intensity to the central Finnish extreme scene.
Soulgrind is a heavy metal band from Mesa, Arizona, active since 2010. They draw from traditional heavy metal's melodic and riff-driven foundations within Arizona's broad hard rock and metal community.
Souls of Damned conjure symphonic black metal from Gomel, layering orchestral grandeur over blast beats and tremolo riffing. Their extended history traces back through decades of Belarusian extreme metal, making them veterans of the country's underground scene.
Souls of Dissolution is a black/death metal band from Riverside, California, formed in 2013. They operate in the blackened death territory, combining the tremolo-driven darkness of black metal with death metal's brutal low-end aggression in the Inland Empire underground.
Soulsgrave practice black metal from the German underground, their sepulchral name evoking the burial of souls in darkness. Emerging in 2025, they bring fresh funereal intensity to the German black metal scene.
Sofia-based black metal project emerging in 2025 as one of Bulgaria's newest extreme metal voices. Their entry into the scene reflects the continued vitality of black metal in Bulgaria's capital.
Soulside have been practicing black metal from Oberhausen since 1987, making them one of the oldest black metal acts in the Ruhr Valley and among the earliest in Germany. Their nearly four decades of activity predates the genre's crystallization in Scandinavia.
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