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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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When Everything Means Nothing (Cinematic) (2021)
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Son ov Leviathan is a black/death metal band from Temecula, California, formed in 2017, channeling the crushing convergence of death metal brutality and black metal malevolence.
Syktyvkar's Sona Nil pair black and death metal from the Komi Republic capital since 2015. Their void-referencing name and origins in the subarctic Ural foothills channel the emptiness of the taiga into compositions of dual-genre extremity.
Sonata is a death/thrash metal band from Burien, Washington, formed in 2020, playing aggressive, riff-forward metal rooted in the classic crossover territory between thrash and death.
Sonic Poison blast through grindcore and death metal from Tampere, delivering toxic, short-burst compositions. Active since 2016, they bring venomous sonic intensity to the Pirkanmaa underground.
Sonicmind deliver melodic death/thrash metal from Tampere, combining the harmonic sophistication of melodeath with thrash's aggressive velocity. Active since 2012, they bring mind-expanding sonic fury to the Pirkanmaa extreme scene.
Soniq Armada is a melodic industrial/death metal band from Lawrenceville, Georgia, formed in 2016, fusing mechanized industrial textures with death metal aggression and melodic song craft.
Sonne Adam formed in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2007, playing death and doom metal rooted in the primitive extremity of early Morbid Angel and the sepulchral heaviness of early Paradise Lost. The band's name is Hebrew for 'hater of mankind.' Their debut full-length Transformation (2011) attracted international attention and led to a signing with Century Media Records. Subsequent EP collections and the 2012 anthology Messengers of Desolate Ways documented their confrontational approach to death-doom, marked by dense, ritualistic riffs and an atmosphere of total desolation. Sonne Adam remain one of the few Israeli acts to make a substantive mark in international extreme metal.
Sonoros is a death/thrash metal band from Tucson, Arizona, formed in 2020, bringing hard-hitting aggression and technical riff work to the Sonoran Desert underground metal scene.
SonosFear deliver melodic death metal and metalcore from Zaragoza, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with modern breakdowns. Active since 2014, they bring sonic terror to the Aragonese metal scene.
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