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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Sources is a deathcore band from Sarasota, Florida, formed in 2014, combining the downtuned breakdowns and rhythmic brutality of deathcore with death metal extremity within the fertile Florida extreme metal ecosystem.
Sofia-based black metal project active since 2015, exploring themes of selfhood and identity through the lens of atmospheric extremity. Their philosophical approach adds introspective depth to the Bulgarian black metal landscape.
Soured is a death metal band from Asheville, North Carolina, formed in 2021, contributing to the region's growing extreme metal scene with a sound rooted in straightforward, unembellished death metal aggression.
Soured Ground is a Syracuse, New York band formed in 2016 that straddles thrash metal, crossover, and crust punk, embodying the raw, politically charged energy where the hardcore and metal underground intersect.
Sourground is a Long Island, New York outfit formed in 2015 that merges groove metal's locking, mid-paced rhythmic attack with death metal's heavier tonal palette, drawing on the dense, riff-centric New York metal tradition.
Sourvein is a veteran sludge/doom metal band from Wilmington, North Carolina, whose catalog of oppressive, swamp-soaked heaviness has made them a long-standing fixture of the Southern sludge underground since the early 2000s.
South Arsenal is a Chicago, Illinois band formed in 2017 that blends thrash metal's speed and aggression with metalcore's structural dynamics, carving out a hard-edged sound in the city's active heavy music scene.
South Gate is a sludge metal band from Flat Rock, Michigan, formed in 2017, delivering slow-grinding, feedback-heavy heaviness rooted in the thick, abrasive textures at the core of the sludge metal tradition.
South Kitsap Infidels are a thrash/groove metal band from Port Orchard, Washington, formed in 2019, drawing on the Pacific Northwest's deep metal heritage to craft punishing, rhythm-forward metal with a distinctly regional character.
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