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Odesa's Somnolent have evolved from funeral doom metal to progressive sludge since 2008. Nearly two decades from the Black Sea port, their drowsiness name has channeled the liminal state between consciousness and sleep into compositions of shifting heaviness.
Somnolescent are a Louisville, Kentucky doom/death metal band formed in 2014, crafting heavy and suffocating material that draws on the slow, grief-laden qualities of classic doom/death in a city with a strong tradition of heavy underground music.
Somnomballistic are an Everett, Washington death metal band formed in 2017, delivering aggressive and direct extreme metal from the Pacific Northwest's active underground scene.
Somnuri are a Brooklyn, New York sludge metal trio formed in 2017, channeling the heavy, abrasive energy of sludge metal through a dense and riff-forward approach that has earned them recognition in New York's heavy underground.
Somnus Throne are a Los Angeles doom/stoner metal band formed in 2020, conjuring heavy, fuzz-laden riffs and psychedelic weight in the tradition of California's sun-scorched but spiritually dark stoner doom scene.
Somrak practice black metal from the Koper/Maribor corridor since 2005. Over two decades, their Slovenian name meaning "dusk" or "twilight" has channeled the fading light of day into compositions shaped by both the Adriatic coast and the Drava valley.
Son in Curse are a death metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, active since 2002 and released on Melipulli Records. Drawing on themes of philosophy and anti-Christianity, they issued their debut full-length "Trivnviratvm" in 2017, with a comprehensive compilation of earlier material released as "Virtus Deus Maledictus" in 2021.
Son in Curse are a death metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, active since 2002 and released on Melipulli Records. Drawing on themes of philosophy and anti-Christianity, they issued their debut full-length "Trivnviratvm" in 2017, with a comprehensive compilation of earlier material released as "Virtus Deus Maledictus" in 2021.
Stoner/doom metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, founded in 2008 by guitarists Patrick Schafstein and Adriano, later joined by vocalist Nelson Macedo performing as King Lizzard. The band released the EP Snake Arms Woman in 2012, followed by the full-length Thrones in the Sky in 2016 on German label Kozmik Artifactz and Brazilian imprint Deathtime/Burning London. Their second album, Commanded by Cosmic Forces, was recorded at Black Hole Studio in Natal between December 2018 and April 2019 and pressed to vinyl by Kozmik Artifactz.
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