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Sotajumala (Finnish for "War God") have been dealing in death metal from Jyvaskyla since 2001, making them one of central Finland's most established death metal acts. Their quarter-century of divine warfare represents a cornerstone of the Finnish death metal underground.
Sotakirves (Finnish for "War Axe") forge black/death metal from Helsinki, combining battlefield themes with extreme metal aggression since 2004. Their two decades of axe-wielding extremity make them veterans of the Finnish capital's underground.
Sotakone (Finnish for "War Machine") deliver heavy and stoner metal from Tampere, combining classic metal power with stoner groove. Formed in 2024, they bring mechanized warfare themes to the Pirkanmaa scene.
Sotana is a grindcore/death metal trio from Mar del Plata, Argentina, formed as a family project by Flavio Cianciarulo (bass, known as the bassist of Los Fabulosos Cadillacs) alongside his sons Jay Cianciarulo (guitar and vocals) and Astor Cianciarulo (drums). The band recorded and released their debut album "Secta del Acantilado" through Icarus Music in 2018 in just two days, delivering twelve tracks of raw extreme metal inspired by the dramatic cliffsides near their home in Chapadmalal.
Black metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, operating in the unblack (Christian black metal) tradition and described as one of the most extreme anti-Satanic voices in the Brazilian underground. The band released the album Pure Holocaust of Armaggedom through Kongsblod Records, a six-track record with a bonus demo rehearsal track, and contributed material to the Underblood Fest Collection Vol. 1 compilation.
Soterios is a metalcore band from Fayetteville, North Carolina, formed in 2012, part of the active metal scene that has developed around the Fort Bragg area and surrounding communities.
Sothoros is a death metal band from Athens, Ohio, formed in 2010, crafting punishing and straightforward death metal within a small-city underground scene built around Ohio University.
Donetsk's Sotos thrash from the conflict-zone city since 2012. Over a decade from the war-affected Donbas capital, their enigmatic name has channeled the intensity of survival into compositions of sustained aggression.
Stockholm's Soturi pair melodic death metal and metalcore from the Swedish capital since 2024. Their Finnish name meaning "warrior" channels the martial spirit of Scandinavia's eastern neighbor into compositions of freshly-minted, melodically aggressive metal.
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