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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Solarburn is a heavy metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in 2012, drawing from the Steel City's storied metal heritage to produce hard-driving, traditional heavy metal material.
Solare Sanctum is a progressive heavy metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2021, pursuing ambitious compositional territory at the intersection of traditional metal power and progressive rock's structural ambition.
Solarend is a death and groove metal band from Baxter, Minnesota, formed in 2022, merging the methodical heaviness of groove metal with death metal aggression in a region with a growing extreme music presence.
Solarfall is a heavy and power metal band from Arvada, Colorado, formed in 2017, crafting melodic, anthem-driven material rooted in the classic traditions of American power metal with the Rocky Mountain region as its backdrop.
Black metal band from Parapuã, São Paulo, formed in 2001 and active until 2017, with roots in an earlier project called Final Dusk. Their releases include the compilations Krieg's Machine and W.M., described internally as pure morbid black metal with themes of nihilism, war, and misanthropy.
Solarhead is a progressive death metal band from Indianapolis, Indiana, formed in 2020, combining the technical intricacy and shifting dynamics of progressive metal with the visceral weight of death metal in the Midwest underground.
Heavy metal band from Jacareí, São Paulo, formed in 2003, releasing the demo Celestial Remembrance in 2005 before splitting up and briefly reuniting in 2012. The lineup included vocalist/guitarist Pedro Narita, guitarist Ítalo Junqueira, bassist Ricardo Hasmann, and drummer Vinicius Barbosa.
Smolensk's Solarmace craft atmospheric post-black metal from the historic western Russian city since 2024. Their sun-weapon name and origins at a city that has withstood centuries of invasion channel radiant violence into compositions of atmospheric beauty.
Solarnaut is a stoner and doom metal band from Bend, Oregon, formed in 2017, generating cosmic, fuzz-heavy compositions that evoke the wide open spaces of the Pacific Northwest desert with unhurried, psychedelic heaviness.
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