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Solae practice black metal from Nuremberg, emerging in 2025 as one of the newest voices in Franconia's established black metal scene. Their solar-themed name provides an unusual contrast to the genre's typically dark imagery.
Solamnia deliver symphonic power metal from Kouvola, drawing their name from the Dragonlance fantasy setting. Active since 2014, they bring Krynn-inspired grandeur to the southeastern Finnish power metal scene.
Solamors is a progressive melodic death metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2013, building elaborate compositions that move through shifting dynamics and melodic sophistication while maintaining a foundation of genuine death metal intensity.
Solar Cross is a black metal band from New England, formed in 2021, cultivating a cold and austere approach to the genre in keeping with the long tradition of atmospheric and raw black metal emerging from the northeastern United States.
Moscow's Solar Crown explore progressive power metal from the Russian capital since 2014. Their radiant-coronation name channels the blazing authority of the sun into compositions that merge progressive ambition with anthemic power.
Solar Flare is a heavy and power metal band from Amelia, Ohio, formed in 2010, delivering melodic, guitar-driven material with an emphasis on soaring hooks and traditional metal structures rooted in the Midwest hard rock scene.
Solar Flares blend progressive heavy metal with thrash influences from Berlin, building elaborate compositions that balance cerebral ambition with aggressive energy. Active since 2016, they bring cosmic-themed intensity to the capital's progressive metal landscape.
Solar Fragment have been crafting power metal from Dortmund since 2007, delivering anthemic compositions that channel the energy of stellar phenomena. Their Ruhr Valley base connects them to one of Germany's densest concentrations of metal talent.
Solar Halos is a stoner and doom metal band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, formed in 2012, crafting slow-burning, fuzz-drenched compositions that reflect the hazy, psychedelic atmosphere of the American stoner doom tradition.
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