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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
Featured Grindcore Album
Head Cage (2018)
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Featured Power Metal Album
The Second Coming (1988)
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Soldiers of Forgiveness is a Seattle, Washington heavy/power metal band formed in 2021, combining the melodic uplift of power metal with the driving riff energy of classic heavy metal.
Sole Survivor is a Dallas, Texas power metal band formed in 2021, channeling the epic melodic sensibility of the genre with a straightforward approach to anthemic heavy music.
Solemn Promise is a Detroit, Michigan progressive heavy/power metal band formed in 2013, combining melodic power metal songwriting with the compositional complexity of progressive metal in the tradition of the Midwest's heavy music underground.
Solstice Rider are a Baltimore, Maryland band formed in 2021 who blend melodic death metal's harmonic intensity with the anthemic drive of power metal, crafting a sound that balances grandiose songwriting with heavier, aggressive underpinnings.
Sonic Prophecy is a heavy/power metal band from Salt Lake City, Utah, formed in 2009, delivering anthemic, melodically driven metal with soaring vocals and twin-guitar arrangements.
Sonic Pulse is a power/thrash metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2012, merging the precision aggression of thrash with the melodic ambition and speed of power metal.
Sorcery are a Chicago, Illinois heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 2017, drawing from the classic rock-inflected heavy metal tradition with an emphasis on riff-driven songwriting and melodic sensibility.
Soul Crusher is a heavy and power metal band from Attleboro, Massachusetts, formed in 2022, delivering traditional metal forged from strong riffs and melodic vocal power in the Boston metro area's metal community.
Sound Cancer is a power/thrash metal band from Oceanside, California, formed in 2005, fusing the melodic precision of power metal with the crunching aggression of thrash across two decades of activity.
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