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Soul Incursion deal in death metal from Helsinki, channeling the spiritual invasion their name describes through extreme compositions. Formed in 2021, they bring soul-penetrating aggression to the Finnish capital.
Soul Massacre unleash death metal from Havirov with albums like "Feast For Kings" and "Purgatory System" delivering relentless extremity across four full-length releases. Their Moravian-Silesian industrial city roots lend a gritty, working-class edge to their punishing sound.
Soul Realignment is a death metal band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 2026. A nascent act from Ohio's underground, they pursue the punishing sonic territory of straight-ahead death metal.
Soul Remnants is a death metal band from Littleton, Massachusetts, active since 2013. They deliver relentless, technically grounded death metal within New England's robust extreme metal underground.
Soul Terror is a Maryland band formed in 2013 that melds death metal, doom, and sludge into a slow-grinding, punishing sound. Their genre crossover places crushing heaviness at the center, drawing from both the morbidity of death metal and the oppressive weight of sludge and doom.
Soul Tomb pair doom and death metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2023. Their spirit-burial name channels the entombment of consciousness into compositions of anonymous, crushing heaviness.
Soul's Pyre are a death metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, formed in 2015 and signed to Lapis Lazuli. Their lyrical themes explore death, fire, and wisdom; they debuted with the demo "Sacrophagist Demons Awakening" in 2017 and released the EP "Unholy Birth Through Soul's Cremation" in 2018.
Doom/death metal band from São Paulo formed by Airton Alves, Jeferson Menezes, and guitarist Kleber Silva, who chose the band's name after their first performance at Zundap house. The lineup later expanded to include bassist Rodrigo Sughayyer and drummer Sergio Barsant, with the band citing Amorphis, Type O Negative, and My Dying Bride as primary influences and recording the EP Act I – Sorrow as their first official release.
Soulareon is a death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 2023. Their home city's legendary status in the death metal genre provides an inescapable backdrop for their entry into the brutally competitive Tampa scene.
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