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Take No Prisoners (2023)
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diorama (2024)
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For Drug Crazed Grindfreaks Only! (2000)
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Somnent are an Orlando-based doom/death metal band formed in 2015, merging the crushing slowness of doom metal with death metal's brutality in the tradition of early-nineties pioneers of the style.
Somnolescent are a Louisville, Kentucky doom/death metal band formed in 2014, crafting heavy and suffocating material that draws on the slow, grief-laden qualities of classic doom/death in a city with a strong tradition of heavy underground music.
Somnus Throne are a Los Angeles doom/stoner metal band formed in 2020, conjuring heavy, fuzz-laden riffs and psychedelic weight in the tradition of California's sun-scorched but spiritually dark stoner doom scene.
Son of Battles is an atmospheric stoner/doom metal project formed in 2021, crafting expansive, heavy compositions that balance the haze of stoner metal with the meditative weight of atmospheric doom.
Son of the Morning is a psychedelic stoner/doom metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 2017, dealing in slow, haze-drenched riffs and expansive, ritualistic heaviness.
Sonic Altar is a doom metal band from Lexington, Kentucky, formed in 2011, building slow and massive sonic walls in the tradition of traditional and heavy doom.
Sonic Brew is a sludge/stoner metal band from Hyrum, Utah, formed in 2017, cooking up down-tuned, fuzz-drenched riffs from an unlikely corner of the Intermountain West underground.
Sonic Command is a doom/sludge metal band from Delaware, formed in 2025, bringing the dense, slow-moving weight of sludge and doom to the nascent heavy underground of their state.
Sonic Speculum is a psychedelic doom/stoner metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2001, weaving deep, droning heaviness with trippy, mind-expanding textures drawn from two decades of Southern heavy music.
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