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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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Somnent are an Orlando-based doom/death metal band formed in 2015, merging the crushing slowness of doom metal with death metal's brutality in the tradition of early-nineties pioneers of the style.
Somnio are a death/doom metal band from La Serena, Chile, formed in 2011. Their lyrical themes center on ecological and social disaster, oppression, and religion, and they released early demo recordings in 2012 under the title "El cielo se ha vuelto negro."
Odesa's Somnolent have evolved from funeral doom metal to progressive sludge since 2008. Nearly two decades from the Black Sea port, their drowsiness name has channeled the liminal state between consciousness and sleep into compositions of shifting heaviness.
Somnolescent are a Louisville, Kentucky doom/death metal band formed in 2014, crafting heavy and suffocating material that draws on the slow, grief-laden qualities of classic doom/death in a city with a strong tradition of heavy underground music.
Somnus Throne are a Los Angeles doom/stoner metal band formed in 2020, conjuring heavy, fuzz-laden riffs and psychedelic weight in the tradition of California's sun-scorched but spiritually dark stoner doom scene.
Son of Battles is an atmospheric stoner/doom metal project formed in 2021, crafting expansive, heavy compositions that balance the haze of stoner metal with the meditative weight of atmospheric doom.
Son of the Morning is a psychedelic stoner/doom metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 2017, dealing in slow, haze-drenched riffs and expansive, ritualistic heaviness.
Sonic Altar is a doom metal band from Lexington, Kentucky, formed in 2011, building slow and massive sonic walls in the tradition of traditional and heavy doom.
Sonic Booze Machine blast through doom, sludge, and hardcore from Berlin, combining crushing heaviness with punk's confrontational energy since 2012. Their booze-fueled name and multi-genre approach channel the chaotic spirit of the Berlin underground.
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