Vicious Thrash / Groove Metal from Corpus Christi.

A Wisconsin-based solo or small-group project born in 2025, Skreyja works in the depressive and atmospheric corners of black metal, leaning into bleak, immersive soundscapes over speed or aggression.

Sacramento's Skribble began in 2000 at the height of nu-metal's commercial peak, blending those chunky, down-tuned grooves with death metal's aggression — a trajectory that saw the band shed the radio-friendly angles in favor of darker, heavier material over the years.

Troy, New Hampshire's Skrogg have been hauling massive stoner-doom riffs since 2011, cultivating a sound built on fuzz-soaked low-end and tempos that rarely rush — exactly the kind of unhurried heaviness that the small-town New England underground quietly sustains.

Buffalo's Skrotum emerged in 2020 playing in the goregrind and brutal death metal tradition, favoring grotesque lyrical territory and the kind of blastbeat-driven, gore-drenched intensity that the genre demands.

Formed in Endicott, New York in 2017, Skud is a death metal band operating in the grimy upstate New York underground, delivering the straightforward, skull-cracking style the genre's traditional fans expect.

Frostburg, Maryland's Skul blend death metal's crushing riffwork with hardcore's confrontational urgency, a pairing that suits the band's origins in a small Appalachian college town where crossover between extreme music scenes is natural.

Chicago's Skull Decay work in the slow, cavernous territory where drone and doom intersect, using elongated song structures and severe low-end rumble to create an atmosphere of prolonged, unnerving decay since 2015.

Reno thrash act Skull Fracture have been tearing through the Nevada underground since 2021, bringing the speed, aggression, and no-frills production aesthetic that keeps classic thrash metal's underground flame burning in the high desert.