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Solemn Silence practice progressive melodic death metal from the Hessian university city of Marburg, combining technical ambition with the emotional weight of melodeath. Formed in 2023, they bring intellectual depth to the melodic extreme metal tradition.
Solemn Vision is a New York progressive/melodic death metal band formed in 2019, blending technically demanding death metal with melodic hooks and expansive song structures influenced by progressive metal.
Solipsis is a melodic death metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2018, drawing on Scandinavian melodic death metal influences while rooting their sound in the New England extreme music underground.
Solipsismo is a technical/melodic death metal project from Cuenca, Ecuador, initially active around 2009 before being revived by Daniel Ortega and Gabriel Cuesta, who released the band's debut full-length Sangre Antigua in 2017. The band went on to release three further recordings — the EPs Antología de maldiciones (2018), Festival de la resurrección (2019), and Confession of a Fellow Citizen (2020) — and primarily explores instrumental and anime-influenced themes.
Solipsist is a Cleveland, Ohio band formed in 2007 operating across death metal, thrash, groove metal, and metalcore, reflecting the diverse heavy music lineage of the Rust Belt underground scene.
Solomonic Demons are a Union City, New Jersey act formed in 2015 who began playing heavy/thrash metal before evolving toward a melodic death metal approach. Their progression reflects an ambition to blend aggressive technical riffing with melodic sensibility.
Solstice Rider are a Baltimore, Maryland band formed in 2021 who blend melodic death metal's harmonic intensity with the anthemic drive of power metal, crafting a sound that balances grandiose songwriting with heavier, aggressive underpinnings.
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.
Somberlain is a melodic death metal act formed in 2010 whose name pays homage to Dissection's debut record, suggesting a reverence for the darker, more atmospheric end of the melodic death metal spectrum.
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