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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Sonotra deliver thrash and death metal from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern capital of Schwerin, channeling extreme aggression from the lake-studded northeastern German landscape. Active since 2012, they bring fierce energy to a region often overlooked in the German metal map.
Sons of Decay blast through black, thrash, and death metal from Donostia-San Sebastian, combining three extreme genres from the Basque coastline. Formed in 2020, they bring triple-pronged aggression to the Basque underground.
Sons of the Beast deliver thrash metal from Madrid, channeling aggressive velocity with their Iron Maiden-evoking name. Active since 2012, they bring beastly intensity to the Spanish capital's thrash scene.
Soothsayer are a thrash metal band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2021, playing aggressive, riff-driven metal in the classic tradition of the genre within the Southwest's active thrash underground.
Soraya are a heavy, speed, and thrash metal band from Palmdale, California, formed in 2021, channeling the raw energy of classic 80s metal into a modern context with an emphasis on speed and traditional song structures.
Sorcerer are a Tampa, Florida death/thrash metal band formed in 2011, emerging from the city's storied extreme metal tradition with a sound that combines the aggression of thrash with the brutality of death metal.
Sordid Reign deliver thrash metal from Trebbin south of Berlin, channeling aggressive velocity from the Brandenburg countryside. Formed in 2023, they bring fresh thrash energy to the Berlin metropolitan area.
SoreLoser are a Tacoma, Washington thrash metal and metalcore band formed in 2015, merging the aggressive riffing of thrash with the rhythmic intensity and breakdowns of metalcore in the Pacific Northwest underground.
Sosra is a thrash and heavy metal band from Bellingham, Washington, formed in 2015, drawing from classic American thrash traditions while incorporating traditional heavy metal influences.
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