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Somber Ire is a New York depressive black metal project formed in 2018, channeling anguish and desolation through the bleak, minimalist aesthetic that defines the DSBM subgenre.
Somber View practice doom metal from Bottrop in the northern Ruhr Valley, building ponderous, heavy compositions that match their melancholic name. Formed in 2020, they bring slow-burning despair to the Westphalian industrial landscape.
Somberheid channel post-black metal from Girona, blending atmospheric textures with black metal's intensity. Formed in 2019, they bring Catalan somberness to the Spanish post-black metal landscape.
Somberlain is a melodic death metal act formed in 2010 whose name pays homage to Dissection's debut record, suggesting a reverence for the darker, more atmospheric end of the melodic death metal spectrum.
Black/death metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, founded in March 2002 by bassist Delano Lima, recording the four-track CD-demo Awakening in the Darkness in June 2002 and the four-track promo Humanity's Funeral in 2005. The band has shared stages with Incantation, Cannibal Corpse, and Krisiun, and performed across northeastern Brazil including Fortaleza, Natal, and São Luís.
Somberslay are a Texas-based heavy/doom metal band formed in 2009 who incorporate hard rock influences into their lumbering, riff-heavy sound, creating a sound that straddles the line between classic doom and hook-driven hard rock.
Somberspawn is a blackened death metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, active since 2019 and operating as an independent act. They have released two full-length albums — Inumbrate in 2020 and Invocate in 2024 — along with the 2023 single Barquero de los muertos.
Somberspawn is a blackened death metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, active since 2019 and operating as an independent act. They have released two full-length albums — Inumbrate in 2020 and Invocate in 2024 — along with the 2023 single Barquero de los muertos.
Sombra are an Anaheim, California progressive/technical death metal band formed in 2019, pursuing a complex and intricate approach to extreme metal that emphasizes compositional sophistication alongside raw brutality.
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