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Soul Waster is a Los Angeles band formed in 2019 that combines grindcore's ferocity with thrash metal's riff-driven aggression. Their crossover approach channels the raw speed and punk-inflected energy that defines the LA extreme underground.
Soul's Pyre are a death metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, formed in 2015 and signed to Lapis Lazuli. Their lyrical themes explore death, fire, and wisdom; they debuted with the demo "Sacrophagist Demons Awakening" in 2017 and released the EP "Unholy Birth Through Soul's Cremation" in 2018.
Soul's Pyre are a death metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, formed in 2015 and signed to Lapis Lazuli. Their lyrical themes explore death, fire, and wisdom; they debuted with the demo "Sacrophagist Demons Awakening" in 2017 and released the EP "Unholy Birth Through Soul's Cremation" in 2018.
Doom/death metal band from São Paulo formed by Airton Alves, Jeferson Menezes, and guitarist Kleber Silva, who chose the band's name after their first performance at Zundap house. The lineup later expanded to include bassist Rodrigo Sughayyer and drummer Sergio Barsant, with the band citing Amorphis, Type O Negative, and My Dying Bride as primary influences and recording the EP Act I – Sorrow as their first official release.
Soulareon is a death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 2023. Their home city's legendary status in the death metal genre provides an inescapable backdrop for their entry into the brutally competitive Tampa scene.
Lulea's Soulash deliver melodic death metal from the Norrbotten capital since 2013. Over a decade from Sweden's Arctic coastal city, their spirit-destruction name has shaped compositions of melody-driven intensity from the far north.
Oldenzaal's Soulburn have been channeling black, death, and doom metal since 2009 with members from Asphyx lineage. Their Overijssel origins and incendiary name mark them as carriers of Dutch death metal's legendary heritage.
Soulcage craft progressive metal from Helsinki, building intricate compositions that explore the concept of the trapped soul. Active since 2013, they bring cerebral ambition to the Finnish capital's progressive scene.
Belgian heavy metal act whose 2020 debut "Maelstrom of Death and Steel" earned praise for being "unselfconsciously unique whilst honoring heavy metal's iron-clad customs." Their approach blends traditional heavy metal reverence with a distinctive artistic perspective.
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