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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Sons of Mourning is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Kansas City, Missouri, formed in 2017, conjuring heavy, grief-laden atmospheres through the slow convergence of all three of metal's most weight-bearing styles.
Sons of Providence are a Phoenix, Arizona band formed in 2013 that blend the heavy atmosphere of gothic metal with the slow, fuzz-driven weight of stoner metal. Their sound draws from both traditions, creating a brooding, riff-heavy approach rooted in the desert Southwest.
Kharkiv's Soom pair stoner, doom, and sludge metal from Ukraine's embattled second city since 2014. Over a decade from the eastern metropolis, their enigmatic name has channeled the weight of the steppe into compositions of multi-layered, fuzz-drenched heaviness.
Sorceress are a stoner/doom metal band from Salem, Oregon, formed in 2011, conjuring slow, fuzz-heavy riffs and hazy, lysergic atmosphere in a style that reflects the Pacific Northwest's rich tradition of heavy underground music.
Sorcia are a stoner/doom metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2020, delivering slow-churning riffs and psychedelic weight in a style consistent with the Pacific Northwest's longstanding affinity for heavy, haze-soaked music.
Sorge are a Washington state psychedelic stoner/doom metal band formed in 2023, crafting slow, hazy, riff-heavy music that draws from both the fuzz-driven stoner tradition and the glacial tempos of doom with a psychedelic edge.
Sotakone (Finnish for "War Machine") deliver heavy and stoner metal from Tampere, combining classic metal power with stoner groove. Formed in 2024, they bring mechanized warfare themes to the Pirkanmaa scene.
Soul Broker is a doom and stoner metal band from Oakland, California, formed in 2019, delivering heavy, fuzz-laden riffs and slow, hypnotic grooves characteristic of the Bay Area's rich heavy underground.
Soul Dregs is a New Jersey sludge and stoner metal band formed in 2025, dealing in the slow, heavy, fuzz-drenched sounds that draw from both doom traditions and stoner rock.
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