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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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Normal, Illinois' Skeptic brings an industrial edge to the technical death metal formula, combining mechanical rhythmic precision with the clinical brutality of tech-death in a sound that feels machine-driven and merciless.
A Houston, Texas death metal act formed in 2022, Skeptic adds to the city's long-running tradition of uncompromising extreme metal with a direct, no-frills approach to the genre's fundamental elements.
Akron, Ohio's Skeptic Lens channels progressive metal's structural ambition through the heavy mid-tempo swagger of groove metal, building dynamic compositions that balance cerebral construction with visceral impact since 2021.
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.
Urbana, Illinois' Skeptik plays stripped-down death metal with the directness and conviction befitting a university-town underground scene, having maintained their approach to the genre since forming in 2015.
Out of Santa Fe Springs, California, Skeptor has been honing a razor-sharp technical speed and thrash metal attack since 2014 — a Southern California act rooted in the region's rich thrash heritage but pushing toward more intricate, precise territory.
Knoxville, Tennessee's Skew fuses death metal's brutality with grindcore's short-fuse violence, delivering punishing blasts of noise from the heart of Appalachia's underground extreme music community since 2016.
Formed in St. Clairsville, Ohio in 2020, Skiba drags the heaviness of doom metal through thrash's aggressive forward momentum — an unlikely combination that suits the gritty, working-class sensibility of the Ohio Valley.
The storied heavy metal institution from Toms River, New Jersey, Skid Row have endured decades of lineup changes to remain an active force in hard rock and heavy metal, their anthemic arena sensibility keeping them relevant since the band's reformation.
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