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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Vicious Thrash / Groove Metal from Corpus Christi.
Sacramento's Skribble began in 2000 at the height of nu-metal's commercial peak, blending those chunky, down-tuned grooves with death metal's aggression — a trajectory that saw the band shed the radio-friendly angles in favor of darker, heavier material over the years.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin's Skull Fuckers Incorporated formed in 2023, playing a confrontational mix of industrial groove metal and hard rock that leans into provocation as part of its identity.
Tucson's Skull Pin formed in 2013 and navigate the triangle of thrash, groove, and death metal, reflecting the Sonoran Desert's history of producing tough, unpretentious extreme music with plenty of rhythmic muscle.
Everett, Washington's Skull Throne formed in 2020 at the crossroads of melodic death, groove metal, and metalcore — a Pacific Northwest act with a production-forward approach that suits the polished aggression of the modern extreme metal scene.
Skulldriver deliver groove and thrash metal from the Swedish-speaking Finnish town of Liljendal, combining rhythmic heaviness with thrash velocity. Active since 2017, they bring skull-driving force to the Ostrobothnia scene.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee's Skullkin is a groove metal act formed in 2020, bringing the mid-South's meat-and-riff sensibility to a style built on syncopated heaviness and the kind of locked-in rhythm section that makes venues rumble.
New Jersey's Skullmug arrived in 2025 fusing groove metal's loping, syncopated heaviness with death metal's abrasive low-end punishment. A brand-new act, they bring a churn-and-pummel sensibility rooted in the East Coast's long tradition of hard-hitting underground metal.
Limburg's SkullSuit blend groove and heavy metal from the Dutch southern province since 2012. Their bone-armor name and border-region origins channel martial imagery into rhythmically driven compositions.
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