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Somber are a Cincinnati, Ohio depressive black metal act formed in 2017, crafting bleak and emotionally raw material in the tradition of DSBM, characterized by cold atmospheres and introspective anguish.
Somber Ire is a New York depressive black metal project formed in 2018, channeling anguish and desolation through the bleak, minimalist aesthetic that defines the DSBM subgenre.
Sombras Sobre el Sol are a Laredo, Texas blackened death metal band formed in 2021, drawing on the border city's cultural intensity to deliver a ferocious blend of black metal atmosphere and death metal heaviness.
Somme are a Rochester, New York death metal band formed in 2020, their name invoking the catastrophic World War I battle as a thematic lens for brutal and unrelenting extreme metal.
Somn Nesfârsit is a Connecticut depressive black metal project formed in 2024, whose Romanian name meaning "endless sleep" signals an immersive approach to the subgenre's characteristic bleakness and desolate atmosphere.
Somnambulistic Nightmare is a Fort Wayne, Indiana raw black metal and dark ambient project formed in 2022, pairing the abrasive primitivity of raw black metal with the disorienting stillness of dark ambient to evoke states of waking dread.
Somniac is a US black metal project active since 2011, working in the broader traditions of the genre with a deliberately obscure and underground-oriented approach.
Somnolence is an Illinois experimental black metal and ambient project formed in 2018, pushing the genre into unconventional sonic territory by integrating ambient composition and experimental textures alongside black metal's characteristic rawness.
Son of Cain are a San Diego, California melodic black/death metal band formed in 2016, combining the harmonic sweep and dark atmosphere of melodic black metal with the brutality of death metal in the tradition of Scandinavian melodic extreme metal.
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