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Soul Dealer deliver heavy and thrash metal from Granollers near Barcelona, combining classic metal riffing with thrash's aggressive velocity. Active since 2014, they bring soul-trading intensity to the Catalan metal scene.
Soul Divided is a Louisville, Kentucky crossover thrash band formed in 2017, blending the aggression of hardcore punk with thrash metal riffing in the tradition of classic crossover acts.
Christian thrash metal band from Brasília, Distrito Federal, active since 1998. The band released the debut demo Pain, Dead, Triumph in 1999, the first full-length Timeline in 2003 on Conspiracy Records, and the second album Resurgence of Chaos in 2012, which was later reissued in remastered form by Vision of God Records. The lineup includes vocalist Daniel Martins, guitarist Marcus Alexandre, bassist Alberto Barbosa da Silva, and drummer Renan Costa.
Soul Grinder is a Portland, Oregon heavy and thrash metal band formed in 2022, channeling classic metal aggression into a city known for cultivating independent and underground heavy music.
Soul Release is a Buffalo, New York act that fuses neoclassical and thrash metal, incorporating shred-oriented guitar work into an aggressive thrash framework. Formed in 2012, they draw on the technical tradition of guitar-driven metal rooted in both classical composition and speed.
Soul Terror is a Maryland band formed in 2013 that melds death metal, doom, and sludge into a slow-grinding, punishing sound. Their genre crossover places crushing heaviness at the center, drawing from both the morbidity of death metal and the oppressive weight of sludge and doom.
Thrash metal band from Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul, active since 2005, with vocalist Deise Wolff fronting a lineup that also includes guitarists Rodrigo Garcia and Marlon Hoerlle, bassist Kaue Muller, and drummer Rafael Konrath. The band draws comparisons to Exodus and Sodom and has been part of the metal underground of Rio Grande do Sul for two decades.
Soul Trap is a groove and thrash metal band from Blackstone, Massachusetts, formed in 2018. They combine thrash's forward momentum with groove metal's rhythmic punch, rooted in New England's active heavy music scene.
Soul Waster is a Los Angeles band formed in 2019 that combines grindcore's ferocity with thrash metal's riff-driven aggression. Their crossover approach channels the raw speed and punk-inflected energy that defines the LA extreme underground.
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