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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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Soulstream have been crafting avant-garde black/death metal from Helsinki since 1999, pushing beyond conventional extreme metal into experimental territories. Their quarter-century of streaming darkness represents one of the Finnish underground's most enduring experimental voices.
Sounds of Chaos Below is a Topeka, Kansas band formed in 2022 that combines blackened death metal ferocity with brutal death metal density, carving out a particularly savage corner of the extreme metal underground in the American heartland.
SoundsOfSolace is a black metal project from eastern Kentucky, formed in 2022, drawing on the atmospheric and misanthropic currents of the genre while rooted in the rural isolation of Appalachian America.
Sofia-based black metal project active since 2015, exploring themes of selfhood and identity through the lens of atmospheric extremity. Their philosophical approach adds introspective depth to the Bulgarian black metal landscape.
Death/black metal band from Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, whose debut album From The Spilled Blood was released in 2014 on Cianeto Discos, with members Christopher Abel on vocals and guitar, Bruno Gonzalez on guitar, and Daniel Vilanova on drums. The band self-described their sound as 'Pampa Metal', drawing lyrical themes from the history, cultural heritage, and gaucho identity of southern Brazil, with guest appearances from Marcello Caminha and Bruno Moritz on the debut.
Borlange's SOV practice black metal from the Dalarna city since 2015. Their terse acronym and copper-country origins channel concentrated darkness into atmospheric compositions from the Swedish heartland.
Sovereign Blaze is a New York City black/death metal and noise project formed in 2025, channeling abrasive, dissonant extremity with elements of noise woven into their attack.
Sovnya is a New Jersey black metal and noise project formed in 2021, taking its name from a Slavic polearm and working in harsh, abrasive territory where raw black metal meets noise.
Ljubljana's Sovrag merge blackened death and thrash metal from the Slovenian capital since 2021. Their Slovenian name meaning "enemy" or "adversary" channels the confrontation with hostile forces into compositions of triple-genre aggression.
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