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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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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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Sofire play heavy metal from Sant Boi de Llobregat near Barcelona, channeling classic metal energy from the Catalan metropolitan area. Active since 2012, they bring traditional metal fire to the Baix Llobregat region.
Soft Shell is a raw black metal and ambient project from Kalamazoo, Michigan, formed in 2021, producing lo-fi, abrasive black metal that merges the primitive rawness of the underground with cold atmospheric textures.
SOG is a speed and thrash metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2018, delivering high-velocity riffs and aggressive energy drawn from the classic traditions of the genre within the Southeast's active extreme metal community.
Soga play heavy metal from San Sebastian de los Reyes near Madrid, channeling classic metal energy from the greater Madrid area. Active since 2018, their rope-themed name hints at the binding intensity of their sound.
Sogh channel depressive black metal from Lower Saxony, exploring the genre's most anguished emotional depths through raw, despairing compositions. Active since 2013, they bring sustained melancholy to the North German underground.
Sogo deliver melodic heavy metal and hard rock from Collado-Villalba in the Sierra de Guadarrama near Madrid, combining classic melodies with mountain-forged energy. Active since 2018, they bring Sierra-bred metal to the Madrid hinterland.
Soheil Al Fard is a melodic death metal project from Pittsburg, Kansas, formed in 2014, crafting hook-driven compositions that balance melodic sensibility with the aggression of death metal in a largely self-contained operation.
Stockholm's Sohlberg deliver melodic death metal from the Swedish capital since 2020. Their surname-styled name and capital-city origins channel Scandinavian heritage into compositions of melody-driven intensity.
Karlskrona's Soijl pair melodic doom and death metal from the Blekinge naval base since 2015. Their soil-derived name and Baltic military-port origins channel the weight of the earth itself into compositions of over a decade of crushing, melodic heaviness.
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