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SUCKERPUNCH (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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On The Hunt (2023)
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Southern Dose of Rebellion is a groove metal band from New Braunfels, Texas, formed in 2012, laying down heavy, mid-paced riffs rooted in the groove metal tradition with a Southern Texan sensibility.
Razor-sharp Thrash Metal from Austin.
Southern Heretics are a Duncan, Oklahoma band formed in 2014 that fuses Southern metal's gritty, bluesy heaviness with the speed and ferocity of thrash, carving out a regionally distinctive sound from the Oklahoma underground.
Southern Tongues is an Ohio death metal and hardcore band formed in 2019, bringing the visceral collision of extreme metal and hardcore aggression that defined bands working the boundary between the two genres in the American underground.
Southern Whiskey Rebellion is a New Orleans, Louisiana band formed in 2005 whose Southern/stoner metal sound draws from the region's bluesy, hazy heaviness, combining the slow burn of stoner metal with distinctly Louisianan grit.
Southgate is a Portland, Oregon progressive deathcore band formed in 2009, layering the technical complexity and dynamic ambition of progressive metal atop deathcore's crushing low-end rhythmic foundation.
Southview is a heavy metal band from Rochelle, Illinois, formed in 2015 that blends traditional heavy metal with Southern metal influences, delivering a riff-driven sound rooted in American metal's blue-collar heartland tradition.
Sovereign Blaze is a New York City black/death metal and noise project formed in 2025, channeling abrasive, dissonant extremity with elements of noise woven into their attack.
Vicious Thrash Metal from Wichita Falls.
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