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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Son of Man is a metalcore band from Pueblo, Colorado, formed in 2013, delivering the genre's characteristic blend of aggressive riffing and melodic structure from the Southern Colorado underground.
Son of Mourning is a melodic death metal band from Albany, New York, formed in 2007, crafting heavy, harmony-driven compositions in the tradition of Scandinavian-influenced American death metal.
Stockholm's Son of Ruin deliver sludge metal from the Swedish capital since 2008. Nearly two decades of channeling the legacy of destruction through their heritage-of-collapse name into compositions of thick, corrosive heaviness.
Boras' Son of Sam pair heavy and death metal from the West Swedish textile city since 2017. Named for the notorious serial killer, their true-crime reference channels the darkness of real-world violence into compositions from the Vastergotland industrial heartland.
Son of Sorrow craft gothic metal and rock from the Andalusian sherry town of Jerez de la Frontera, weaving dark romantic themes through heavy compositions. Active since 2017, they bring flamenco-country melancholy to gothic metal.
Son of the Morning is a psychedelic stoner/doom metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 2017, dealing in slow, haze-drenched riffs and expansive, ritualistic heaviness.
Son ov Dawn is a black metal solo project from Indiana, formed in 2016, operating in the raw and atmospheric corridors of the American underground black metal scene.
Son ov Leviathan is a black/death metal band from Temecula, California, formed in 2017, channeling the crushing convergence of death metal brutality and black metal malevolence.
Syktyvkar's Sona Nil pair black and death metal from the Komi Republic capital since 2015. Their void-referencing name and origins in the subarctic Ural foothills channel the emptiness of the taiga into compositions of dual-genre extremity.
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