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Solar Inferno channel melodic death and black metal from Leipzig, combining the harmonic sophistication of melodeath with the atmospheric intensity of black metal. Formed in 2023, they bring stellar-themed extremity to Saxony's cultural capital.
Solar Sailor is a Viking and death metal band from North Carolina, formed in 2024, blending the mythological grandeur of Viking metal with death metal's raw power in one of the state's newest extreme metal projects.
Solar Spine blend progressive rock, gothic/death metal, and doom from the gemstone-cutting town of Idar-Oberstein in the Hunsruck mountains. Active since 2008, their genre-spanning approach creates a multi-faceted sound that reflects the geological diversity of their surroundings.
Solar Warden is a black/death metal band from Roswell, New Mexico, formed in 2021, whose name references UFO conspiracy lore and whose sound channels the dark, hostile energy of blackened death metal from an appropriately desolate desert locale.
Solarend is a death and groove metal band from Baxter, Minnesota, formed in 2022, merging the methodical heaviness of groove metal with death metal aggression in a region with a growing extreme music presence.
Solarhead is a progressive death metal band from Indianapolis, Indiana, formed in 2020, combining the technical intricacy and shifting dynamics of progressive metal with the visceral weight of death metal in the Midwest underground.
Sold deliver melodic death and groove metal from Tallinn, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with groove's rhythmic drive. Active since 2018, they bring hybrid intensity to the Estonian metal scene.
Soldiers Bloodcraft unleash death metal from Bulach, delivering direct and punishing aggression in the tradition of European death metal. Active since 2016, they bring unrelenting intensity to the Zurich-area underground scene.
Perm's Soldis deliver experimental melodic death metal from the Ural city since 2015. Their enigmatic name and origins at the gateway to the Urals channel creative ambition into compositions that push melodic death metal's boundaries.
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