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Skyblood is a Swedish progressive and doom-influenced solo project formed in Gothenburg in 2018 by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mats Levén, whose voice has appeared on albums by Candlemass, Therion, Krux, and Yngwie Malmsteen. Levén wrote, performed, and self-produced the project's self-titled debut album (2019) at his Uzi G Studio in Stockholm, signing the release to Napalm Records. The record draws on epic heavy metal, melodic doom, and hard rock without settling cleanly into any single tradition, serving as a vehicle for Levén's more atmospheric and introspective songwriting.
Jacksonville, Florida's Skyliner have been one of the Southeast's more ambitious heavy metal acts since forming in 2018, working across heavy, progressive, and power metal to craft music built around strong melodic sensibility and technical range. They operate in the tradition of American power metal that values both songwriting and instrumental sophistication.
Heavy/power/progressive metal band from Sabará, Minas Gerais, formed around 2000 out of an earlier project called Ministerium. The band's 2003 demo 'RCT4' — featuring members Gustavo Barbosa, Fabiano Rezende, Francis Botene, Gabriel Carvalho, and Felipe Travaglini — showcased Catholic-themed lyrics and melodic power metal in the tradition of Brazilian acts of the era; the band subsequently split up.
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.
Slaghead are a Hampton, Virginia progressive sludge metal band formed in 2017, layering complex song structures and dynamic shifts over the heavy, slow-burning foundations of sludge. They bring a more compositionally ambitious approach to a genre often defined by raw simplicity.
Hailing from Ontario, California, Slanderus blend thrash ferocity with progressive architecture, building songs that shift between angular riffing and more expansive, technically minded passages. Active since 2013, they represent the Inland Empire's commitment to metal that rewards close listening.
Lyndhurst, New Jersey's Slaughtersun take a progressive approach to death metal, layering technical ambition and compositional complexity over the genre's foundational brutality since their 2023 formation. The NJ progressive death metal scene has long punched above its weight, and Slaughtersun continue that tradition.
Progressive death metal/deathcore band from Antwerp formed in 2023, with releases including "Architecture of Oppression" that channel technical complexity through crushing heaviness. Their modern approach to extreme metal draws from both progressive and deathcore traditions.
San Diego progressive metal outfit formed in 2022, blending metal's technical weight with hard rock's melodic sensibility into an accessible yet complex sound. Slavior occupy a crossover space where progressive structure meets arena-ready hooks.
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