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Solomonic Demons are a Union City, New Jersey act formed in 2015 who began playing heavy/thrash metal before evolving toward a melodic death metal approach. Their progression reflects an ambition to blend aggressive technical riffing with melodic sensibility.
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.
Solstice Ritual is a Virginia raw black metal project active since 2012, dealing in abrasive, lo-fi black metal of a deliberately primitive and hostile character, with an uncompromising aesthetic rooted in the earliest traditions of the genre.
Solsticio is a Gothic Metal/Rock band from Medellín, Colombia, formed in 2010 and signed to Pabellón7 Producciones. The band released their debut album Lost Souls in 2012 followed by two singles, Ángel and Laberintos, in 2015.
Soltur are a Louisville, Kentucky folk/viking metal band formed in 2024, bringing themes of Norse mythology and nature-driven folk instrumentation to the heavy metal framework of the American Midwest.
Solum Mortum are a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania death metal band formed in 2015, delivering no-frills extreme metal rooted in the grim and punishing tradition of American death metal.
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.
Soma Ras are a Sacramento, California band formed in 2012 who fuse blackened death metal with deathcore elements, combining blast-beat intensity and guttural heaviness with the breakdowns and structural extremity associated with modern heavy music.
Somatic Decay are a Portland, Oregon death metal band formed in 2022, operating in the direct and visceral tradition of American death metal with an approach that favors unrelenting heaviness and putrid atmosphere.
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