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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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When Everything Means Nothing (Cinematic) (2021)
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Solomonic Demons are a Union City, New Jersey act formed in 2015 who began playing heavy/thrash metal before evolving toward a melodic death metal approach. Their progression reflects an ambition to blend aggressive technical riffing with melodic sensibility.
Solothus have been channeling death/doom metal from the coastal Finnish town of Parainen since 2011, building crushing compositions from the Turku archipelago. Their island-adjacent origins lend a maritime weight to their devastating sound.
Solstice Rider are a Baltimore, Maryland band formed in 2021 who blend melodic death metal's harmonic intensity with the anthemic drive of power metal, crafting a sound that balances grandiose songwriting with heavier, aggressive underpinnings.
Solum Mortum are a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania death metal band formed in 2015, delivering no-frills extreme metal rooted in the grim and punishing tradition of American death metal.
Solus Rex pair death and doom metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2024. Their Latin name meaning "lone king" channels the isolation of sovereign rule into compositions of freshly-minted, crushing duality.
Solvent Abuse deal in death metal and grindcore from Berlin, their chemical-huffing name reflecting the toxic intensity of their extreme output. Formed in 2020, they bring caustic aggression to the German capital's underground.
Soma Ras are a Sacramento, California band formed in 2012 who fuse blackened death metal with deathcore elements, combining blast-beat intensity and guttural heaviness with the breakdowns and structural extremity associated with modern heavy music.
Somatic Decay are a Portland, Oregon death metal band formed in 2022, operating in the direct and visceral tradition of American death metal with an approach that favors unrelenting heaviness and putrid atmosphere.
Somber are a Lansing, Michigan melodic death metal band formed in 2017, channeling the genre's Scandinavian influences into a Midwestern context with an emphasis on melodic guitar work and expressive, heavy songwriting.
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