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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Three Sides of One (2022)
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Solecism is a Chicago, Illinois progressive melodic death metal band formed in 2013, weaving together intricate song structures, technical death metal intensity, and melody-driven arrangements drawn from the Scandinavian melodic death tradition.
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.
Solemn Vision is a New York progressive/melodic death metal band formed in 2019, blending technically demanding death metal with melodic hooks and expansive song structures influenced by progressive metal.
Soliam is a progressive metal and rock band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, formed in 2012, crafting dynamic, melodically rich music that balances progressive rock complexity with heavy metal energy.
Solus are a Los Angeles post-black metal project active since 2007, weaving atmospheric and introspective textures into a black metal foundation in the manner characteristic of the city's eclectic extreme metal underground.
Sombra are an Anaheim, California progressive/technical death metal band formed in 2019, pursuing a complex and intricate approach to extreme metal that emphasizes compositional sophistication alongside raw brutality.
Sombre Holiday are a Riverbank, California progressive metal band with roots going back to 1994, building a catalog of technically ambitious and melodically rich heavy music over three decades of activity in the Central Valley underground.
Somnae are a Seattle, Washington melodic death/progressive metal band formed in 2010, combining the harmonic aggression of melodic death metal with progressive compositional approaches that reflect the Pacific Northwest's experimental heavy music tradition.
Sons of Vulcan are a progressive metal band from St. Louis, Missouri, formed in 2015, crafting technically ambitious music that balances complex song structures with melodic sensibility in the tradition of progressive heavy metal.
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