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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Soulless is a Cleveland, Ohio melodic death and thrash metal band with roots stretching back to 1998. One of Ohio's longer-running extreme metal acts, they combine the melodic sensibility of Swedish-influenced death metal with thrash's technical aggression.
Death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 1998, with a lineup consisting of vocalist Wallace Parreiras, bassist Cleber, guitarist Cláudio Silva, and drummer Alisson. The band appeared on the Demise Records two-disc compilation The Winds of a New Millennium Vol. 3 in 2001 with the track Reincarnation before eventually splitting up.
Soulless Heart play melodic death metal from Hanover, combining Scandinavian melodeath's harmonic sophistication with emotional depth. Active since 2015, they bring heartfelt intensity to the Lower Saxon capital's extreme metal landscape.
Soullesskin is a death metal band from La Crosse, Wisconsin, formed in 2018. They bring straightforward death metal brutality to western Wisconsin's small but committed underground metal scene.
SoulLine deliver melodic death metal from Gentilino in the Ticino canton, combining Scandinavian-influenced melodeath riffing with the precision of Swiss musicianship. Active since 2007, they've built a consistent body of work that balances aggression with memorable melodic hooks.
Soulmass is a Florida death-doom band formed in 2013, weaving the morbid atmosphere of doom metal into a death metal framework. Their sound pulls from the slow, crushing traditions of both genres, reflecting Florida's deep history in extreme music.
Zevenaar's Soulnerve blend metalcore and thrash metal from the Gelderland border town since 2014. Their neural-spiritual name channels raw nerve endings into compositions of emotional and physical intensity.
Soulpreacher is a sludge and doom metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, active since 2000. One of the longer-running acts in the Southeast's heavy underground, they deliver lumbering, blues-infused heaviness characteristic of Southern sludge.
Uzhhorod's Soulrest have been exploring progressive death metal from the Transcarpathian capital since 1995. Three decades from Ukraine's westernmost city make them one of the country's most enduring progressive extreme metal projects.
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