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Sky Down play heavy metal from Tallinn, channeling classic metal energy with the falling-sky imagery their name evokes. Active since 2012, they bring traditional metal to the Estonian capital.
Electronica-laced metalcore from Fort Worth.
Le Claire, Iowa's Sky Hunter formed in 2009 along the Mississippi River and deal in the slow-burn convergence of sludge and post-metal — long-form songs built on distorted heaviness that gradually opens into something more expansive and atmospheric. Their Midwest setting lends a particular isolation and bleakness to the material.
Black/death metal band from Esteio, Rio Grande do Sul, active since 2002 with anti-Christian and blasphemous lyrical themes. Their debut release 'Carnal Putrefaction' appeared in June 2007, followed by 'In Cailleach Winter Veil' in August 2015; the band returned with three further releases in early 2025, including 'The Funeral Winds' in April of that year.
Sacramento's Sky Pig have been combining stoner, sludge, and doom metal since 2018, trafficking in slow-grinding riffs soaked in fuzz and feedback that nod equally to Electric Wizard and Saint Vitus. The band occupies the fertile Central Valley heavy underground, where volume is treated as a virtue unto itself.
Boston's Sky Pillar formed in 2023 and operate at the intersection of melodic and technical death metal, applying New England's long tradition of musicianship-forward extreme metal to songs that balance complexity with genuine hooks. A young band already showing an appetite for ambitious songwriting.
Chicago's Sky Summoner formed in 2020, blending traditional heavy metal's muscular songcraft with stoner metal's fuzz-drenched ease into something that sits naturally alongside the city's underground rock scene. They bring a groove-conscious approach to classically influenced metal that keeps the songs accessible without sacrificing weight.
Ripping Death Metal / Deathcore from Dallas.
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.
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