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Stormbringer is a thrash/crossover band from Port Angeles, Washington, formed in 2015, mixing the speed and hostility of crossover thrash with metal-rooted riffing.
Stormbringer is a death/black metal band from Auburn, California, formed in 2015, combining black metal's atmospheric malice with the brutality and heaviness of death metal.
Stormbringer is a heavy/power metal band from Joliet, Illinois, formed around 2015, playing classic-influenced metal that blends the melodicism of power metal with traditional heavy metal foundations.
Stockholm's Stormburner play heavy metal from the Swedish capital since 2020. Their tempest-incinerator name channels the act of setting storms ablaze into compositions of fiery traditional metal.
Stormcaller is a black metal band from St. Louis, Missouri, formed in 2016, channeling the cold and ominous side of the genre with mid-American isolation driving its atmosphere.
Stormcast evolved from atmospheric and melodic black metal in Nicosia to melodic/progressive death metal after relocating to Bristol, tracing a stylistic journey that mirrors their geographic one. Their music reflects both Mediterranean warmth and British grey in its shifting tonal palette.
Stormchilde is a heavy/thrash metal band from Columbus, Ohio, formed in 2010, rooted in classic American metal with a thrash-sharpened edge and melodic sensibility.
Vladivostok's Stormchoir deliver atmospheric progressive death metal from Russia's Pacific gateway since 2014. Their name of tempestuous voices and Far Eastern origins channel the storms of the Sea of Japan into compositions of technically ambitious atmospherics.
Stormcrow is an Oakland, California band formed in 2005 that merges the rawness of crust punk with grinding death metal brutality, earning recognition in underground circles for their ferocious, socially charged material.
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.
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.
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.
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