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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Odesa's Sorrowsight pair gothic and doom metal from the Black Sea port since 2020. Their grief-vision name channels the perspective of one who sees only sorrow into darkly atmospheric compositions from Ukraine's maritime jewel.
Melodic death metal band based in Vienna, Austria, blending Scandinavian-influenced melodicism with aggressive death metal foundations. Their compositions balance technical precision with accessible hooks, contributing to Vienna's diverse extreme metal landscape.
Osby's Sorthug practice black metal from the small Skane town since 2020. Their Swedish name meaning "black stroke" or "black blow" channels the impact of darkened force into atmospheric compositions from the southern Swedish countryside.
Sortilège formed in Paris, France in 1981 under the original name Bloodwave, becoming one of the most important acts in the brief but fervent French heavy metal underground of the early 1980s. The band released their self-titled EP followed by the album Métamorphose, then Larmes de Héros in 1986 before disbanding. Notably, Chuck Schuldiner of Death cited Sortilège as a primary influence, and the band's song 'Amazone' is credited with shaping the early development of death metal. After more than three decades of inactivity, original vocalist Christian Augustin led a reformed Sortilège to release Phoenix (2021) and Apocalypso (2023), their first album of entirely new material since 1986.
Black/heavy metal band from Porto Velho, Rondônia, formed in 1998 with a lineup including vocalist Camarão, guitarist Sérgio Watanabe, keyboardist Esther, bassist Anderson Estopa, and drummer Alberto. The band performed at the Madeira Rock Festival in Porto Velho in 2005 and released two full-lengths: Sortilégio in 2005 and O Exilado in 2009.
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Sortsind (Danish for "Black Mind" or "Melancholy") practice black metal from Copenhagen, channeling the genre's darkest psychological dimensions. Formed in 2020, they bring mental darkness to the Danish capital's black metal ecosystem.
Sorus is a progressive sludge metal band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, formed in 2016, combining the slow, crushing weight of sludge with the dynamic song structures and technical ambition of progressive metal.
Sorxe is a Phoenix, Arizona post-metal and sludge metal band formed in 2013, crafting heavy, slow-burning compositions that balance visceral heaviness with atmospheric, expansive passages.
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