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Somdark is a raw black metal band from Mérida, Venezuela, active since the late 1990s and a former member of the now-dissolved C.M.B. (Cantus Maleficorum Bestiae) Congregation, a collective of Venezuelan underground black metal acts. The band has released a large body of work including Guerreros del Foso, Vltracosmos (2022), Taknara (2022), and Kaos (2025), with themes of strength, nihilism, and heresy running throughout. Their recordings have appeared on Wolfmond Production.
Some Dead Bodies are a Houston, Texas death metal band formed in 2019, adding to the city's robust extreme metal scene with a straightforward and uncompromising approach to the genre.
Something Beautiful are a Chicago, Illinois gothic metal act formed in 2020, blending the dark romanticism and atmospheric density of gothic metal with the heavy musical tradition of Chicago's metal underground.
Scrappy street punk from Houston.
Something Left Unsaid are a Pacifica, California metalcore band formed in 2012, operating in the Bay Area's active metalcore scene with a sound rooted in melodic aggression and post-hardcore song structures.
Something Weird are a Morehead, Kentucky psychedelic doom/stoner metal band formed in 2019, embracing the heavy, hazy, and hypnotic qualities of the genre from an Appalachian vantage point.
Something Wicked... are a Milwaukee, Wisconsin heavy metal band formed in 2021, carrying on the traditions of classic heavy metal in one of the Midwest's historically fertile scenes for the genre.
SomeVade blend groove and thrash metal from Frankfurt, combining rhythmic heaviness with thrash's aggressive velocity. Active since 2016, they bring a dual-genre approach to the Hessian capital's metal scene.
Somewhere in Nowhere play heavy metal from the Westphalian town of Werne since 2001, their existential name reflecting on the liminal space between presence and absence. Their quarter-century of activity makes them veterans of the North Rhine-Westphalia traditional metal scene.
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