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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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SolNegre ("Black Sun" in Catalan) forge doom/death metal from the Balearic Islands, combining crushing weight with the Mediterranean island atmosphere. Formed in 2023, they bring Balearic darkness to the Spanish doom scene.
Solothus have been channeling death/doom metal from the coastal Finnish town of Parainen since 2011, building crushing compositions from the Turku archipelago. Their island-adjacent origins lend a maritime weight to their devastating sound.
Solus Rex pair death and doom metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2024. Their Latin name meaning "lone king" channels the isolation of sovereign rule into compositions of freshly-minted, crushing duality.
Somber are a Lansing, Michigan melodic death metal band formed in 2017, channeling the genre's Scandinavian influences into a Midwestern context with an emphasis on melodic guitar work and expressive, heavy songwriting.
Somber Blessings are a Danvers, Massachusetts doom/death metal band with roots stretching back to 1995, combining the funereal weight of doom metal with death metal's heaviness in the classic tradition of the genre's New England underground.
Somber View practice doom metal from Bottrop in the northern Ruhr Valley, building ponderous, heavy compositions that match their melancholic name. Formed in 2020, they bring slow-burning despair to the Westphalian industrial landscape.
Somberslay are a Texas-based heavy/doom metal band formed in 2009 who incorporate hard rock influences into their lumbering, riff-heavy sound, creating a sound that straddles the line between classic doom and hook-driven hard rock.
Something Weird are a Morehead, Kentucky psychedelic doom/stoner metal band formed in 2019, embracing the heavy, hazy, and hypnotic qualities of the genre from an Appalachian vantage point.
Kyiv's Somnambulist have been crafting psychedelic stoner and doom metal since 1982, making them one of the oldest continuously active heavy acts in the entire Ukrainian underground. Over four decades, their sleepwalker name has produced a catalog of cosmically tinged compositions.
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