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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Nashville progressive and melodic death metal band formed in 2023, bringing a sophisticated structural approach to the genre in a city better known for country than extreme metal. Their sound combines the harmonic complexity of progressive metal with the forward momentum and melodic guitar work of the death metal tradition.
Skeleton Proof Tanks is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Ridley, Pennsylvania, formed in 2021, blending the melodic sensibility of the Gothenburg tradition with the raw kinetic energy of American thrash. Their name alone signals an irreverent streak that sits alongside otherwise earnest extreme metal aspirations.
Originally from Ohio, now Austin-based. Blackened thrash perfection.
St. Louis's Skeptik has been blurring the line between metalcore, nu-metal, and electronic production since 2015, an unpredictable outfit that leans into genre-mixing with an anything-goes energy rooted in the Midwest's diverse underground.
Salt Lake City's Skies of Redemption has been fusing melodic death metal's emotive sweep with thrash's urgency since 2009, occupying an aggressive but melodically aware corner of Utah's metal underground.
Sklepmaster deal in melodic death/thrash metal from the Moravian-Silesian border region, combining the melodic sophistication of Scandinavian melodeath with thrash's aggression. Active since 2011, they've built a steady body of work from their small-town base.
Framingham, Massachusetts' Skog (formed 2024) work a melodic death and black metal hybrid that draws on the fusion traditions common to the Massachusetts underground, pairing Scandinavian-influenced melody with the aggression of American extreme metal.
Skraemsel deliver melodic death and black metal from the island of Zealand, combining harmonic sophistication with extreme intensity. Their Danish name, evoking fright and terror, sets the tone for their emotionally charged compositions.
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.
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