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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Solarnaut is a stoner and doom metal band from Bend, Oregon, formed in 2017, generating cosmic, fuzz-heavy compositions that evoke the wide open spaces of the Pacific Northwest desert with unhurried, psychedelic heaviness.
Solemn Eternal is a US funeral doom metal project formed in 2020, crafting slow, crushing compositions characterized by extreme tempo minimalism and an atmosphere of profound grief.
Solemn Lament is a US doom metal project formed in 2021, exploring heavy, despairing soundscapes in the mournful tradition of American doom metal.
Solfar is a New Jersey doom/post-metal band formed in 2023, blending the crushing weight of doom metal with the expansive, textural dynamics of the post-metal sound.
Stockholm's Soliloquium have been crafting melodic doom/death metal from the Swedish capital since 2012. Named for the act of speaking one's thoughts aloud while alone, over a decade of introspective compositions have made them one of Sweden's most thoughtful doom/death projects.
Solitary Ruin is a Portland, Oregon death/doom metal band formed in 2024, merging the grinding heaviness of death metal with the slow, desolate crawl of doom metal in the Pacific Northwest underground.
Solitas is a Louisville, Kentucky doom/black metal band formed in 2012, combining the city's tradition of heavy, oppressive doom with the atmospheric bleakness of black metal.
Arlington epic doom metal. Among the finest doom bands America ever produced.
Sollubi is a sludge/doom metal band from Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, formed in 2008, crafting crushingly heavy music from the rural reaches of the Keystone State, blending the tar-thick riffs of sludge with doom's meditative weight.
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