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Solare Sanctum is a progressive heavy metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2021, pursuing ambitious compositional territory at the intersection of traditional metal power and progressive rock's structural ambition.
Solarhead is a progressive death metal band from Indianapolis, Indiana, formed in 2020, combining the technical intricacy and shifting dynamics of progressive metal with the visceral weight of death metal in the Midwest underground.
Solarys craft heavy, power, and progressive metal from Cordoba in Andalusia, building ambitious compositions from the historic caliphate city. Active since 2013, they bring multi-genre ambition to the southern Spanish scene.
Solecism is a Chicago, Illinois progressive melodic death metal band formed in 2013, weaving together intricate song structures, technical death metal intensity, and melody-driven arrangements drawn from the Scandinavian melodic death tradition.
Soleilnoir ("Black Sun" in French) craft progressive metal from Frankfurt, building intricate compositions from the Hessian financial capital. Active since 2012, their French-language name adds a Continental elegance to their cerebral approach.
Solemn Promise is a Detroit, Michigan progressive heavy/power metal band formed in 2013, combining melodic power metal songwriting with the compositional complexity of progressive metal in the tradition of the Midwest's heavy music underground.
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.
Soliam is a progressive metal and rock band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, formed in 2012, crafting dynamic, melodically rich music that balances progressive rock complexity with heavy metal energy.
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