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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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Sumptus Ignis is a progressive death/doom metal band from Key Largo, Florida, formed in 2017, weaving dense, slow-burning compositions that balance mournful doom passages with technical death metal aggression.
Black metal project from Plovdiv, active since 2017, whose name means "twilight" in Bulgarian. Their atmospheric approach draws on the liminal imagery of dusk to fuel compositions poised between light and darkness.
Sun Black Smoke is a stoner/sludge metal band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 2013, built on massive, haze-soaked riffs and a thick, abrasive low-end that reflects the industrial grit of their home city.
Sun Burial is a New York black/doom metal project formed in 2016, combining the desolate atmosphere of black metal with the glacial tempo and oppressive weight of doom.
Sun Crow is a doom metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2020, crafting slow and heavy sonic landscapes that draw on the Pacific Northwest's tradition of atmospheric, riff-driven heaviness.
Sun Decays channel doom/death metal from the Baltic port of Rostock, building ponderous compositions that explore stellar decay and cosmic entropy. Formed in 2023, they bring solar-themed devastation to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Sun Descends is a New York thrash metal band formed in 2019, carrying on the aggressive, riff-forward tradition of East Coast thrash with a modern edge.
Sun Descends Black is a blackened death metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, formed in 2019, fusing the blasting intensity of death metal with the cold dissonance and atmosphere of black metal.
Sun God Ra is a Chicago, Illinois stoner/doom metal band formed in 2017, channeling ancient mythological imagery through sun-baked, fuzz-heavy riffs and hypnotic, slow-rolling grooves.
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