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Soundedge craft death and doom metal from the Galician port of A Coruna, building heavy compositions from Spain's Atlantic northwest. Formed in 2020, they bring edge-of-the-world heaviness to the Galician metal scene.
Thrash metal band from São Paulo, formed in 2006, with a discography that includes the debut album Hell Hymns (2008) and the follow-up Praise Be to Death (2010), released on Metal Inquisition Records as a limited-edition 50-copy hand-numbered digipak. Praise Be to Death was recorded at Estudio Lembas in São Paulo.
Soundgarden is the seminal Seattle, Washington band whose fusion of stoner-inflected heavy metal, grunge, and crushing riff craft helped define the Pacific Northwest sound of the late 1980s and 1990s, led by the powerful vocals of Chris Cornell.
Sounds from Hell is a death/thrash metal band from West Haven, Connecticut, formed in 2021, delivering punishing riffs and aggressive tempos in the crossover tradition between old-school death metal and thrash.
Sounds of Chaos Below is a Topeka, Kansas band formed in 2022 that combines blackened death metal ferocity with brutal death metal density, carving out a particularly savage corner of the extreme metal underground in the American heartland.
SoundsOfSolace is a black metal project from eastern Kentucky, formed in 2022, drawing on the atmospheric and misanthropic currents of the genre while rooted in the rural isolation of Appalachian America.
Soundstorm is a technical thrash metal band from Belleville, New Jersey, formed in 2016, applying rigorous technical precision to the high-velocity thrash template in the tradition of the East Coast scene.
Stoner/groove metal band from Atibaia, São Paulo, formed in 2019 by guitarist and vocalist Adrian Godoy, bassist Luis Victor, and drummer Gustavo Gumerato. The band released their debut EP Along in 2019 followed by their first full-length album Unglory in April 2023, recorded at Lunchbox Music studio with production and mixing by Rafael Freitas.
Sour Milk Theorem is a death/doom metal band from Hollywood, Maryland, formed in 2008, blending the funereal weight of doom metal with death metal's guttural heaviness for a sound steeped in slow-motion dread.
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