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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Sonic Pulse is a power/thrash metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2012, merging the precision aggression of thrash with the melodic ambition and speed of power metal.
Sonic Rage is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Champaign, Illinois, formed in 2012, occupying the energetic territory between arena-ready hard rock and traditional heavy metal.
Sonic Reign practice black metal from Mellrichstadt in Lower Franconia, channeling the genre's harsh intensity from the Bavarian-Thuringian border region. Active since 2013, they bring the sonic dominion their name promises.
Stockholm's Sonic Ritual play heavy metal from the Swedish capital since 2020. Their ceremonial-sound name channels the sacredness of musical performance into traditional metal compositions of capital-city devotion.
Sonic Speculum is a psychedelic doom/stoner metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2001, weaving deep, droning heaviness with trippy, mind-expanding textures drawn from two decades of Southern heavy music.
Falkenberg's Sonic Syndicate have evolved from melodic groove metal to alternative metalcore since their formation in the Halland town. Their sonic-crime-ring name and coastal origins have produced compositions that have shifted significantly across their career.
Blistering Groove / Thrash Metal / Crossover (early); Alternative Metal / Rock (later) from Houston.
Sonicmind deliver melodic death/thrash metal from Tampere, combining the harmonic sophistication of melodeath with thrash's aggressive velocity. Active since 2012, they bring mind-expanding sonic fury to the Pirkanmaa extreme scene.
Soniq Armada is a melodic industrial/death metal band from Lawrenceville, Georgia, formed in 2016, fusing mechanized industrial textures with death metal aggression and melodic song craft.
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