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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Soulset blend death/thrash metal with hardcore influences from the southeastern Finnish city of Lappeenranta, near the Russian border. Emerging in 2025, they bring soul-setting intensity to the South Karelia scene.
Soulsgate channel death and thrash metal from Hamburg, building aggressive compositions that serve as portals to sonic extremity. Active since 2008, they've spent nearly two decades in the Hanseatic city's underground.
Soulsgrave practice black metal from the German underground, their sepulchral name evoking the burial of souls in darkness. Emerging in 2025, they bring fresh funereal intensity to the German black metal scene.
Sofia-based black metal project emerging in 2025 as one of Bulgaria's newest extreme metal voices. Their entry into the scene reflects the continued vitality of black metal in Bulgaria's capital.
Soulshifter deliver melodic death metal from Dillenburg in Hesse, combining the Scandinavian melodeath tradition with their own Lahn Valley sensibility. Formed in 2021, they bring shape-shifting melodic intensity to the central German underground.
Soulside have been practicing black metal from Oberhausen since 1987, making them one of the oldest black metal acts in the Ruhr Valley and among the earliest in Germany. Their nearly four decades of activity predates the genre's crystallization in Scandinavia.
Soulslasher combine death metal with crust punk from Dusseldorf, fusing extreme metal's heaviness with punk's raw, D-beat-driven urgency. Formed in 2021, they bring visceral crossover energy to the Rhine-Ruhr underground.
Soulstain deliver melodic death and power metal from the Finnish underground, combining the harmonic ambition of both genres. Emerging in 2025, they bring indelible stains to the Finnish melodic metal landscape.
SoulSteal craft atmospheric doom/death metal from Nicosia, layering melancholic melodies over crushing, slow-tempo heaviness. Active since 2009, they bring Mediterranean atmosphere to the death/doom tradition.
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