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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Sunrunner is a heavy metal and progressive rock band from Portland, Maine, formed in 2005, blending melodic hard rock sensibilities with progressive metal structures in a sound informed by the classic and modern ends of the genre.
Suns of Sorath are a progressive/black metal band from Denver, Colorado, formed in 2010, merging the atmosphere and harshness of black metal with ambitious progressive song structures and a conceptually dark aesthetic drawn from occult and esoteric themes.
Suns of the Morning Star are a blackened sludge and progressive metal band from Boca Raton, Florida, formed in 2012, weaving dense sludge heaviness with post-metal ambience and black metal atmosphere into expansive, darkly textured compositions.
Sunsinger is a progressive death metal project from Plymouth, Massachusetts, formed in 2010, combining the technical and compositional complexity of progressive metal with the intensity and weight of death metal.
Heavy Progressive Heavy / Power / Death Metal out of Texas.
Super String Theory is a progressive rock and metal band from Springfield, Missouri, formed in 2014, exploring complex song structures and melodic progressions with a focus on technical instrumental interplay rooted in classic progressive traditions.
Superhead craft progressive metal and fusion from Aarhus, pushing beyond conventional metal boundaries into experimental territory. Formed in 2021, they bring cerebral, genre-defying ambition to Denmark's second city.
Superlost craft progressive metal from the Finnish underground, building intricate compositions that explore themes of being completely, utterly lost. Emerging in 2025, they bring disoriented ambition to the Finnish progressive scene.
Surachai is a Chicago multi-genre project formed in 2011 by musician Surachai Sutthisasanakul, spanning noise, grindcore, ambient, progressive metal, and black metal across a prolific discography that resists easy categorization.
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