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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Stoned God fuse progressive, death, and groove metal from Gottingen, creating a multi-genre sound that moves between cerebral complexity and riff-driven heaviness. Active since 2016, they bring divine, altered-state intensity to the Lower Saxon university city.
Stonehenge is a heavy metal band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2013, rooted in the traditional heavy metal sound with an emphasis on classic riff-driven songwriting.
Stonesword Key is a death/doom metal band from Boise, Idaho, formed in 2022, combining the crushing weight of funeral-paced doom with the guttural intensity of death metal in the tradition of the classic death/doom sound.
Storm Adams is a melodic death metal act from Paragould, Arkansas, formed in 2020, bringing the melodic sensibility and muscular aggression of the genre to the Arkansas metal scene.
Venice's Storm Cry blend death and melodic death metal from the lagoon city since 2014. Their tempestuous name and Adriatic origins channel maritime fury into compositions that balance brutality with melody.
Storm Forger is a symphonic death metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2020, combining orchestral arrangements with the brutality of death metal.
Storm Kingdom is an Orlando, Florida band formed in 2021 that fuses the grandeur of symphonic metal with gothic atmosphere and death metal weight, creating a lush and darkly cinematic sound.
Storm of Evil is a black/death metal band from Seabrook, New Hampshire, formed in 2018, delivering a raw and corrosive blend of northern black metal and death metal aggression.
Cremona's Storm of Particles deliver death and melodic death metal from the Lombard plains since 2016. Their scientific name suggests a bombardment at atomic scale, fitting for music of precise, technical aggression.
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