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Stormcrown is a heavy/power metal band from Radford, Virginia, formed in 2018, playing melodically driven metal with soaring vocals and the muscular riffwork of classic power metal.
Gothenburg's Stormdeath thrash from Sweden's metal capital since 2009. Over a decade and a half from the West Coast, their apocalyptic-weather name has produced compositions of sustained, tempestuous aggression.
Stormdemon is a black/death metal band from California, formed in 2025, blending the blasting aggression of death metal with black metal's atmospheric hostility.
Progressive metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, formed in January 2006 by vocalist Alexei Leão and his brother Andrei Leão on bass, alongside drummer Marcos Feminella and guitarist Rafael Scopel. Their self-titled debut was released in December 2006 and made available for free download; the second album Perception of the Other (2012) was produced in collaboration with the Siedler Cia de Dança contemporary dance company and released as a CD/DVD package. The band completed two European tours and received the FUNARTE Klaus Vianna Dance Prize for the Perception of the Other project.
Kherson's Stormer thrash from the southern Ukrainian port city since 2019. Their assault-themed name and origins in a city that has endured occupation and conflict channel the urgency of resistance into compositions of aggressive intensity.
Melodic death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, heavily influenced by In Flames, led by guitarist Gustavo Sazes. Between 2003 and 2004 they released a series of self-distributed demo CDs: Inner Fusion (June 2003), Two Made of One (September 2003), and Fade My Existence (March 2004), followed by the 23-track boxed set Creations and Oblivion in June 2004.
Stormfront is a black/thrash metal band from Corona, California, formed in 2017, combining the stripped-down ferocity of black metal with thrash metal's aggressive forward drive.
Stormgarde craft melodic gothic metal and rock from Recklinghausen, blending dark romanticism with accessible melodic hooks. Active since 2008, they've spent nearly two decades building their gothic fortress in the Ruhr Valley.
Ostersund's Stormgoat play heavy metal from the Jamtland capital since 2016. Their weather-beast name channels the mythological association between goats and thunder in Norse tradition into compositions from Sweden's mountain interior.
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