Soulareon is a death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 2023. Their home city's legendary status in the death metal genre provides an inescapable backdrop for their entry into the brutally competitive Tampa scene.

This Phoenix-based Soulfly project, distinct from Max Cavalera's internationally known band of the same name, blends nu-metal, groove, thrash, and folk-influenced metal elements. Formed in 2012, they operate in the sprawling Arizona heavy music underground under a storied name.

Soulgrind is a heavy metal band from Mesa, Arizona, active since 2010. They draw from traditional heavy metal's melodic and riff-driven foundations within Arizona's broad hard rock and metal community.

Soulless is a Cleveland, Ohio melodic death and thrash metal band with roots stretching back to 1998. One of Ohio's longer-running extreme metal acts, they combine the melodic sensibility of Swedish-influenced death metal with thrash's technical aggression.

Soullesskin is a death metal band from La Crosse, Wisconsin, formed in 2018. They bring straightforward death metal brutality to western Wisconsin's small but committed underground metal scene.

Soulmass is a Florida death-doom band formed in 2013, weaving the morbid atmosphere of doom metal into a death metal framework. Their sound pulls from the slow, crushing traditions of both genres, reflecting Florida's deep history in extreme music.

Souls Denied is a death metal band from Grand Rapids, Michigan, formed in 2015. They contribute to Michigan's steadily growing extreme metal scene with a no-frills death metal approach.

Souls of Dissolution is a black/death metal band from Riverside, California, formed in 2013. They operate in the blackened death territory, combining the tremolo-driven darkness of black metal with death metal's brutal low-end aggression in the Inland Empire underground.

Sound of Serenity is a Chicago, Illinois band formed in 2009 that combines metalcore's structural intensity with death metal's brutal sonic palette, operating in the space between melody-driven breakdowns and more extreme territory.