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Sons of Chaos is a technical brutal death metal band from Vacaville, California, formed in 2012, delivering punishing, precision-driven extremity rooted in the dense, technical tradition of the American brutal death metal scene.
Sons of Cult play heavy metal and hard rock from Palma in the Balearic Islands, channeling classic metal energy from the Mallorcan capital. Formed in 2023, they bring cultish devotion to traditional metal on the Mediterranean island.
Sons of Decay blast through black, thrash, and death metal from Donostia-San Sebastian, combining three extreme genres from the Basque coastline. Formed in 2020, they bring triple-pronged aggression to the Basque underground.
Sons of Famine is a blackened death metal band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2013, channeling dark, violent extremity through the combined ferocity of black and death metal.
Sons of Ghidorah is a stoner/doom metal band from New York, formed in 2014, taking their name from the classic kaiju and delivering titanic, slow-motion riff destruction in kind.
Sons of God is a southern/sludge metal band from Douglasville, Georgia, formed in 2015, merging the gritty heaviness of sludge with the swaggering groove sensibility of Southern metal.
Melodic metalcore band from Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro state, formed in 2015 with a lineup of vocalist Sidney Junior, guitarist Vinicius Crivellaro, bassist Fernando Thomaz Neves, and drummer Gabriel Guimarães. Their debut release Skirmish, a nine-track album produced by Gus Monsanto, appeared on May 21, 2015, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Celo Oliveira.
Sons of Liberty is a heavy metal band from Nashville, Indiana, formed in 2025, rooted in classic heavy metal traditions and bringing a working-class Midwestern voice to the genre.
Belgian metal-punk five-piece from Herenthout active for nearly two decades, blending old-school heavy metal mayhem with straightforward punk mischief across releases like "Judge Hammer" and "Large Hadron Collider Spider." Known for exhilarating riffs and full-throttle stage antics, they embody a distinctly Belgian fusion of metal and punk energy.
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