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Soul Erosion is a San Diego death metal band formed in 2024, emerging from Southern California's prolific and historically rich death metal underground.
Christian thrash metal band from Brasília, Distrito Federal, active since 1998. The band released the debut demo Pain, Dead, Triumph in 1999, the first full-length Timeline in 2003 on Conspiracy Records, and the second album Resurgence of Chaos in 2012, which was later reissued in remastered form by Vision of God Records. The lineup includes vocalist Daniel Martins, guitarist Marcus Alexandre, bassist Alberto Barbosa da Silva, and drummer Renan Costa.
Soul Gatherer is a brutal death metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2023, delivering high-intensity, technically driven brutality in a city with a long-standing tradition of extreme metal.
Soul Giant is a progressive metalcore band from Lafayette, Louisiana, formed in 2023, combining the technical ambition of progressive metal with the heaviness and structure of modern metalcore.
Soul Grinder is a Portland, Oregon heavy and thrash metal band formed in 2022, channeling classic metal aggression into a city known for cultivating independent and underground heavy music.
Black metal/hardcore crossover from Ghent, active since 2015, fusing the raw intensity of black metal with hardcore's confrontational energy. Their hybrid approach reflects the growing convergence between extreme metal and punk subcultures in Belgium's vibrant Flemish underground.
Soul Incursion deal in death metal from Helsinki, channeling the spiritual invasion their name describes through extreme compositions. Formed in 2021, they bring soul-penetrating aggression to the Finnish capital.
Soul Inside is a groove metal and metalcore band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2018. They blend the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal with metalcore's aggressive riffing and dynamic song structures.
Melodic death/thrash/groove metal band from Lavras, Minas Gerais, founded in early 2012 by guitarists Renan Seabra and Beto Siqueira. The band released the three-track demo Perpetual on July 2, 2013, and followed it with the independently produced full-length No More Silence in 2015, recording the album after winning the Tenda Combat award at the 2014 Roça n' Roll festival.
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