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Somewhere in Nowhere play heavy metal from the Westphalian town of Werne since 2001, their existential name reflecting on the liminal space between presence and absence. Their quarter-century of activity makes them veterans of the North Rhine-Westphalia traditional metal scene.
Somme are a Rochester, New York death metal band formed in 2020, their name invoking the catastrophic World War I battle as a thematic lens for brutal and unrelenting extreme metal.
Saint Petersburg's Somn practice post-black metal from the cultural capital since 2019. Their name derived from the Latin for "sleep" channels the boundary between consciousness and oblivion into atmospheric compositions.
Somn Nesfârsit is a Connecticut depressive black metal project formed in 2024, whose Romanian name meaning "endless sleep" signals an immersive approach to the subgenre's characteristic bleakness and desolate atmosphere.
Somnae are a Seattle, Washington melodic death/progressive metal band formed in 2010, combining the harmonic aggression of melodic death metal with progressive compositional approaches that reflect the Pacific Northwest's experimental heavy music tradition.
Krasnodar's Somnambula craft depressive post-black metal and dungeon synth from the Kuban capital since 2017. Their sleepwalker name channels the unconscious movements of nocturnal wandering into compositions of dreamlike, southern Russian darkness.
Novosibirsk's Somnambular Dance deliver melodic death metal from Siberia's largest city since 2015. Their sleepwalking-dance name channels the graceful movements of unconscious wandering into compositions that balance technical precision with Siberian intensity.
Kyiv's Somnambulist have been crafting psychedelic stoner and doom metal since 1982, making them one of the oldest continuously active heavy acts in the entire Ukrainian underground. Over four decades, their sleepwalker name has produced a catalog of cosmically tinged compositions.
Somnambulistic Nightmare is a Fort Wayne, Indiana raw black metal and dark ambient project formed in 2022, pairing the abrasive primitivity of raw black metal with the disorienting stillness of dark ambient to evoke states of waking dread.
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