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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Storm Particle is a Chicago, Illinois band formed in 2021 that merges melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with thrash metal's kinetic aggression.
Storm Unleashed deliver melodic death metal from the Sauerland towns of Olpe and Finnentrop, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with the rugged energy of their forested, mountainous home region. Active since 2016, they bring stormy intensity to South Westphalia.
Thrash/death metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, formed in 2004 and active until 2010. They released one demo, Under the Warfog, recorded at Engenho do Som Estúdio in April 2006, a five-track release built around warfare-themed lyrics and an eighties-rooted thrash/death approach. The band went through a significant lineup change in 2008 before disbanding.
Stormbringer is a death metal band from Flagstaff, Arizona, formed in 2015, delivering punishing, straight-ahead death metal from the high desert Southwest.
Stormbringer is a death/black metal band from Auburn, California, formed in 2015, combining black metal's atmospheric malice with the brutality and heaviness of death metal.
Stormcast evolved from atmospheric and melodic black metal in Nicosia to melodic/progressive death metal after relocating to Bristol, tracing a stylistic journey that mirrors their geographic one. Their music reflects both Mediterranean warmth and British grey in its shifting tonal palette.
Vladivostok's Stormchoir deliver atmospheric progressive death metal from Russia's Pacific gateway since 2014. Their name of tempestuous voices and Far Eastern origins channel the storms of the Sea of Japan into compositions of technically ambitious atmospherics.
Stormcrow is an Oakland, California band formed in 2005 that merges the rawness of crust punk with grinding death metal brutality, earning recognition in underground circles for their ferocious, socially charged material.
Stormdemon is a black/death metal band from California, formed in 2025, blending the blasting aggression of death metal with black metal's atmospheric hostility.
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