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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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When Everything Means Nothing (Cinematic) (2021)
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Soulgrind is a heavy metal band from Mesa, Arizona, active since 2010. They draw from traditional heavy metal's melodic and riff-driven foundations within Arizona's broad hard rock and metal community.
Soulhate deal in death metal from the southern Finnish coastal town of Porvoo, channeling extreme aggression from the medieval Borg River town. Formed in 2021, they bring hatred-fueled brutality to the Uusimaa scene.
Soulhavoc deliver melodic death metal from the southeastern Finnish port of Kotka, combining Scandinavian melodeath with soul-wrecking intensity. Emerging in 2025, they bring Kymenlaakso devastation to the Finnish melodeath scene.
Soulitude blend melodic power and death metal from Bilbao, combining the anthemic grandeur of power metal with death metal's aggressive depth. Active since 2006, they've spent nearly two decades crafting their Basque take on melodic extreme metal.
Soulless is a Cleveland, Ohio melodic death and thrash metal band with roots stretching back to 1998. One of Ohio's longer-running extreme metal acts, they combine the melodic sensibility of Swedish-influenced death metal with thrash's technical aggression.
Soulless Heart play melodic death metal from Hanover, combining Scandinavian melodeath's harmonic sophistication with emotional depth. Active since 2015, they bring heartfelt intensity to the Lower Saxon capital's extreme metal landscape.
Soullesskin is a death metal band from La Crosse, Wisconsin, formed in 2018. They bring straightforward death metal brutality to western Wisconsin's small but committed underground metal scene.
SoulLine deliver melodic death metal from Gentilino in the Ticino canton, combining Scandinavian-influenced melodeath riffing with the precision of Swiss musicianship. Active since 2007, they've built a consistent body of work that balances aggression with memorable melodic hooks.
Soulmass is a Florida death-doom band formed in 2013, weaving the morbid atmosphere of doom metal into a death metal framework. Their sound pulls from the slow, crushing traditions of both genres, reflecting Florida's deep history in extreme music.
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