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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Sonotra deliver thrash and death metal from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern capital of Schwerin, channeling extreme aggression from the lake-studded northeastern German landscape. Active since 2012, they bring fierce energy to a region often overlooked in the German metal map.
Sons of Decay blast through black, thrash, and death metal from Donostia-San Sebastian, combining three extreme genres from the Basque coastline. Formed in 2020, they bring triple-pronged aggression to the Basque underground.
Sons of the Beast deliver thrash metal from Madrid, channeling aggressive velocity with their Iron Maiden-evoking name. Active since 2012, they bring beastly intensity to the Spanish capital's thrash scene.
Sordid Reign deliver thrash metal from Trebbin south of Berlin, channeling aggressive velocity from the Brandenburg countryside. Formed in 2023, they bring fresh thrash energy to the Berlin metropolitan area.
Donetsk's Sotos thrash from the conflict-zone city since 2012. Over a decade from the war-affected Donbas capital, their enigmatic name has channeled the intensity of survival into compositions of sustained aggression.
Soul Dealer deliver heavy and thrash metal from Granollers near Barcelona, combining classic metal riffing with thrash's aggressive velocity. Active since 2014, they bring soul-trading intensity to the Catalan metal scene.
Soulerosion channel thrash and groove metal from Lehrte near Hanover, combining thrash's velocity with groove's headbang-inducing rhythms. Formed in 2024, they bring corrosive energy to the Lower Saxon metal scene.
Soulhunter deliver power and thrash metal from Hagen in the Ruhr Valley, combining anthemic power metal grandeur with thrash's aggressive velocity. Formed in 2020, they bring predatory intensity to the Westphalian scene.
Zevenaar's Soulnerve blend metalcore and thrash metal from the Gelderland border town since 2014. Their neural-spiritual name channels raw nerve endings into compositions of emotional and physical intensity.
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