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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Dial Tone (2022)
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Sumptus Ignis is a progressive death/doom metal band from Key Largo, Florida, formed in 2017, weaving dense, slow-burning compositions that balance mournful doom passages with technical death metal aggression.
Sun Decays channel doom/death metal from the Baltic port of Rostock, building ponderous compositions that explore stellar decay and cosmic entropy. Formed in 2023, they bring solar-themed devastation to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Sun Descends Black is a blackened death metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, formed in 2019, fusing the blasting intensity of death metal with the cold dissonance and atmosphere of black metal.
Sun in Shadows is a melodic death/doom metal band formed in 2019 whose location remains undisclosed, pairing the melancholic melody of death-doom with the emotive sweep of melodic death metal.
Sun of the Dying craft doom/death metal from Madrid, building crushing compositions that explore the dying of the light. Active since 2017, they bring solar-decline themes to the Spanish capital's doom scene.
Sun Speaker is a Phoenix, Arizona act formed in 2018 that blends blackened melodic death metal with deathcore, pairing soaring melodic leads with blast-driven aggression and heavy breakdowns.
Graz-based melodic death/groove metal act formed in 2016, blending the melodic hooks of Scandinavian death metal with the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal. Their dual approach balances accessibility with brutality, reflecting Styria's diverse extreme metal ecosystem.
Suncinder is a Detroit, Michigan act formed in 2019 that melds progressive melodic death metal with deathcore, layering technical riffing and melodic complexity over punishing, breakdown-driven passages.
Sunday of the Dead channel doom/death metal from Wurzburg, their name evoking zombie-film imagery through crushing, morbid compositions. Formed in 2020, they bring undead heaviness to the Franconian Main Valley.
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