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SkyFall play melodic death metal from Regensburg, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with their own Bavarian sensibility. Active since 2013, they bring harmonic sophistication to the Upper Palatinate extreme metal scene.
Alingsas' Skymning have evolved from melodic power/death metal to industrial death/black metal since 2012. Their Swedish name meaning "twilight" and Vastergotland origins channel the liminal moment between day and night into compositions that have grown progressively darker.
Skysear craft melodic death metal from Jyvaskyla, combining Scandinavian melodeath's harmonic sophistication with burning sky imagery. Active since 2014, they bring scorched-sky intensity to the central Finnish scene.
Skytemple (also known as Raytemple) channel the slow-burning anguish of melodic death/doom metal from Belarus, letting mournful guitar leads bleed into crushing, deliberate heaviness. Their compositions favor long, dynamic arcs that shift between fragile beauty and overwhelming weight.
Taunton, Massachusetts's Skywül formed in 2024 and play a hybrid of melodic and heavy death metal that reflects the New England underground's affinity for both European melodeath influences and old-school American brutality. A newly formed act working within a style that rewards strong melodic composition as much as raw aggression.
Sköllgrim merge black and death metal from an undisclosed Dutch location since 2023. Their Norse-wolf name channels the mythological devourer's hunger into compositions of relentless, consuming extremity.
Slaadh are a freshly formed progressive deathcore band from Detroit, Michigan, blending the heaviness of brutal death metal with technical arrangements and the cinematic scale that defines modern progressive metal. Active since 2025, they represent a new wave of boundary-crossing extremity emerging from the Midwest.
One-man black/death metal project from Blumenau, Santa Catarina, formed in 2024 with lyrics and themes drawn entirely from the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The project released 'Reign in Chaos' on June 21, 2024 — recorded between January and May of that year — followed by 'Cult of Carnage' on November 21, 2024.
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