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Thrash/death metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, formed in 2004 and active until 2010. They released one demo, Under the Warfog, recorded at Engenho do Som Estúdio in April 2006, a five-track release built around warfare-themed lyrics and an eighties-rooted thrash/death approach. The band went through a significant lineup change in 2008 before disbanding.
Leeuwarden's Stormblown practice black metal from the Frisian capital since 2012. Their wind-ravaged name and North Sea-adjacent origins channel coastal atmospheric fury into compositions of raw, storm-driven extremity.
Stormbound channel power and speed metal from Osnabruck, combining anthemic grandeur with breakneck velocity. Formed in 2020, they join Stormblade in making the Lower Saxon city a minor power metal hub.
Stormbreeder forge power metal from Rendsburg in Schleswig-Holstein, channeling the genre's anthemic energy from the banks of the Kiel Canal. Formed in 2020, they bring tempestuous power metal to northern Germany.
Stormbrewer is a sludge metal band from Columbus, Ohio, formed in 2011, crafting slow, distortion-heavy material in the tradition of Southern-influenced heavy sludge.
Stormbringer is a black metal band from Murietta, California, formed in 2015, practicing a raw and atmospheric approach to the genre rooted in second-wave Scandinavian influences.
Stormbringer is a heavy/power metal band from Aurora, Colorado, formed in 2015, delivering high-energy metal with melodic hooks and anthemic power metal flair.
Stormbringer is a death metal band from Flagstaff, Arizona, formed in 2015, delivering punishing, straight-ahead death metal from the high desert Southwest.
Stormbringer is a progressive heavy/power metal band from Lakeside, Connecticut, formed in 2015, combining the melodic ambition of power metal with progressive structural complexity.
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