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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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One Day Closer to the End of the World (2019)
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Black metal/hardcore crossover from Ghent, active since 2015, fusing the raw intensity of black metal with hardcore's confrontational energy. Their hybrid approach reflects the growing convergence between extreme metal and punk subcultures in Belgium's vibrant Flemish underground.
Soul Incursion deal in death metal from Helsinki, channeling the spiritual invasion their name describes through extreme compositions. Formed in 2021, they bring soul-penetrating aggression to the Finnish capital.
Soul Inside is a groove metal and metalcore band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2018. They blend the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal with metalcore's aggressive riffing and dynamic song structures.
Melodic death/thrash/groove metal band from Lavras, Minas Gerais, founded in early 2012 by guitarists Renan Seabra and Beto Siqueira. The band released the three-track demo Perpetual on July 2, 2013, and followed it with the independently produced full-length No More Silence in 2015, recording the album after winning the Tenda Combat award at the 2014 Roça n' Roll festival.
Soul Invictus forge doom metal from Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart, their unconquerable name ("Invincible Soul") promising resilience within their crushing, slow-motion compositions. Formed in 2023, they bring unwavering heaviness to the Swabian doom scene.
Soul Massacre unleash death metal from Havirov with albums like "Feast For Kings" and "Purgatory System" delivering relentless extremity across four full-length releases. Their Moravian-Silesian industrial city roots lend a gritty, working-class edge to their punishing sound.
Kharkiv's Soul of Rain craft symphonic metal from Ukraine's second city since 2012. Over a decade from the eastern metropolis, their precipitation-spirit name has channeled the emotional depth of rainfall into orchestral compositions.
Soul Realignment is a death metal band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 2026. A nascent act from Ohio's underground, they pursue the punishing sonic territory of straight-ahead death metal.
Soul Release is a Buffalo, New York act that fuses neoclassical and thrash metal, incorporating shred-oriented guitar work into an aggressive thrash framework. Formed in 2012, they draw on the technical tradition of guitar-driven metal rooted in both classical composition and speed.
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