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Solium Fatalis is a death metal band from Newmarket, New Hampshire, formed in 2013, playing straight-ahead, riff-driven death metal rooted in the underground traditions of the New England extreme metal scene.
Soliz is a US black metal project formed in 2020, operating in the raw and underground traditions of American black metal.
Sollubi is a sludge/doom metal band from Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, formed in 2008, crafting crushingly heavy music from the rural reaches of the Keystone State, blending the tar-thick riffs of sludge with doom's meditative weight.
Solmyr practice black metal from Odense on the island of Funen, channeling the genre's atmospheric darkness from Hans Christian Andersen's hometown. Active since 2011, they bring Nordic fury to Denmark's third-largest city.
Solncestoyanie craft progressive ambient black metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2022. Their Russian name meaning "solstice" channels the astronomical extremes of light and darkness into compositions of celestial, boundary-spanning intensity.
SolNegre ("Black Sun" in Catalan) forge doom/death metal from the Balearic Islands, combining crushing weight with the Mediterranean island atmosphere. Formed in 2023, they bring Balearic darkness to the Spanish doom scene.
Solnoctus is a raw black metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2014, favoring the deliberately abrasive, lo-fi production and primitive ferocity that defines the raw black metal aesthetic.
Solo Borges is a New Jersey heavy/stoner metal project formed in 2019, blending fuzz-drenched stoner rock heaviness with traditional metal riffing in the classic vein.
Solomonic Demons are a Union City, New Jersey act formed in 2015 who began playing heavy/thrash metal before evolving toward a melodic death metal approach. Their progression reflects an ambition to blend aggressive technical riffing with melodic sensibility.
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