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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Skinless Bride deliver death metal from an undisclosed Dutch location since 2021. Their disturbing, body-horror name channels macabre imagery into compositions of visceral, uncompromising extremity.
Fort Collins, Colorado's Skinned have been in the brutal death metal game since 1998, making them one of the longer-running outfits in the Mountain West underground — characterized by the kind of thick, punishing riffs that come from years of refinement.
A brand new thrash metal band out of Providence, Rhode Island, Skinned Alive (formed 2025) plant themselves firmly in the crossover tradition of that city's historically active hardcore and punk scene.
San Jose's Skinner, formed in 2022, blend the melodic ambition of power metal with the velocity of thrash — a Bay Area project that draws on the region's rich legacy of high-energy, technically inclined heavy metal.
Heavy Sludge / Death Metal / Hardcore out of Texas.
Corona, California's Skinslip work the intersection of sludge and doom, conjuring slow, weight-bearing riffs that reflect the smoggy, sun-bleached desolation of the Inland Empire since their formation in 2014.
Skinstorm deliver thrash and heavy metal from Madrid, combining aggressive velocity with classic metal foundations. Active since 2009, they've been storming through the Spanish capital's metal scene for over a decade.
Dordrecht's Skintag play heavy metal from the oldest city in Holland since 2018. Their dermatological name and historic Zuid-Holland origins create an unusual context for traditional, riff-driven compositions.
Death metal band from the Ghent/Aalst area blending black, death, brutal, and progressive metal elements, whose 2014 tracks "Salvation" and "Malus Triumfat" feature a guest solo from Christian Muenzner (Obscura, Necrophagist). Their technically ambitious approach and high-profile collaborations signal serious intent within Belgium's extreme metal scene.
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