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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Sonnenkreuz practice black metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2025. Their German name meaning "sun cross" channels the ancient solar symbol into compositions of freshly-minted atmospheric darkness.
Sonnenrad combine black metal with harsh noise and power electronics from the Spanish underground, creating an abrasive fusion that pushes beyond conventional metal boundaries. Active since 2013, they bring confrontational extremity to the Iberian industrial/metal crossover.
Sonnentod ("Sun Death") have been practicing black metal from the Saarland town of Schiffweiler since 2003, making them one of the region's longest-running black metal acts. Their two-decade career has produced a body of work that explores the extinction of light.
Moscow's Sonno Profondo practice symphonic black metal from the Russian capital since 2021. Their Italian name meaning "deep sleep" channels the grandeur of unconscious depths into orchestrally rich compositions of atmospheric darkness.
Sonolith is a stoner/doom metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2017, delivering heavy, slow-burning riff worship shaped by the arid heat and neon sprawl of the desert Southwest.
Sonoros is a death/thrash metal band from Tucson, Arizona, formed in 2020, bringing hard-hitting aggression and technical riff work to the Sonoran Desert underground metal scene.
Sonoroum is a thrash metal band from McAllen, Texas, formed in 2021, representing the thrash underground along the Rio Grande Valley with driving, aggressive riff-based attack.
SonosFear deliver melodic death metal and metalcore from Zaragoza, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with modern breakdowns. Active since 2014, they bring sonic terror to the Aragonese metal scene.
Sonotra deliver thrash and death metal from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern capital of Schwerin, channeling extreme aggression from the lake-studded northeastern German landscape. Active since 2012, they bring fierce energy to a region often overlooked in the German metal map.
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