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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Sonotra deliver thrash and death metal from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern capital of Schwerin, channeling extreme aggression from the lake-studded northeastern German landscape. Active since 2012, they bring fierce energy to a region often overlooked in the German metal map.
Sons of Aeon craft melodic death metal from Jyvaskyla, channeling eternal themes through the Scandinavian melodeath tradition. Active since 2013, they bring age-spanning intensity to the central Finnish scene.
Sons of Belial is a melodic black/death metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2014, combining the melody and atmosphere of Scandinavian black metal with the crushing brutality of death metal.
Sons of Chaos is a technical brutal death metal band from Vacaville, California, formed in 2012, delivering punishing, precision-driven extremity rooted in the dense, technical tradition of the American brutal death metal scene.
Sons of Decay blast through black, thrash, and death metal from Donostia-San Sebastian, combining three extreme genres from the Basque coastline. Formed in 2020, they bring triple-pronged aggression to the Basque underground.
Sons of Famine is a blackened death metal band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2013, channeling dark, violent extremity through the combined ferocity of black and death metal.
Vladimir's Sons of Northern Mist merge melodic death and power metal from the Golden Ring city since 2013. Their boreal heritage name and origins in one of medieval Russia's most important principalities channel northern identity into ambitious, melody-driven compositions.
Sons of Odin is a black and melodic death metal band from Salem, formed in 2013, drawing on Norse mythology and Viking imagery to fuel an aggressive hybrid of black metal fury and melodic death metal craft.
Sons of Ragnar are an Orlando, Florida melodic death metal band formed in 2013, combining the Scandinavian-influenced twin-guitar harmonies and aggressive tempos of the genre with a distinctly American heaviness.
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