Skynd (stylised as SKYND) is an

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band consisting of a lead singer named Skynd, and a multi-instrumentalist named Father. Their music applies the grim aesthetic of

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, with songs largely based on disturbing deaths and murders. They have released songs about topics such as the

death of Elisa Lam On February 19, 2013, the body of Canadian tourist Elisa Lam (born as Lam Ho-yi'';'' ) was recovered from a large cistern atop the Stay on Main hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, where she had been a guest. She was last seen alive on January 31 and ...

, the manslaughter of Conrad Roy, and the mass suicide in

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History

Skynd is known for her diverse vocal styles, ranging from high pitch to low pitch and often with an inhuman element. Notably,

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is a fan and joined Skynd in her song "Gary Heidnik". Davis appeared in the music video as well. Skynd's first headliner performance was at

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in 2019 where she dressed in a motley combination of corpse paint and Victorian-styled clothing. Fans were greeted with cups of

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as a reference to her song about the

massacre. Shortly after, Skynd was shortlisted as a Heavy Music Awards 2020 Finalist. Skynd has been interviewed by The Boo Crew on Episode 90 of the ''

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'' podcast, as well as by Ebony Story of ''Wall of Sound''.

Discography

EPs

* ''Chapter I'' (2018) * ''Chapter II'' (2019)

Singles

* "

Elisa Lam On February 19, 2013, the body of Canadian tourist Elisa Lam (born as Lam Ho-yi'';'' ) was recovered from a large cistern atop the Stay on Main hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, where she had been a guest. She was last seen alive on January 31 and ...

" (2018) * "

Gary Heidnik Gary Michael Heidnik (November 22, 1943 – July 6, 1999) was an American murderer and serial rapist who kidnapped, tortured and raped six women, murdering two of them, while holding them captive in a self-dug pit in his basement floor in Philade ...

" (feat.

) (2018) * "

Richard Ramirez Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez (; February 29, 1960 – June 7, 2013), better known as Richard Ramirez, was an American serial killer and sex offender whose killing spree occurred in Greater Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in the ...

" (2018) * "

Jim Jones James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader, preacher and mass murderer who founded and led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978. Jones and the members of his inner circle planned and orchestrat ...

" (2019) * "

Katherine Knight Katherine Mary Knight (born 24 October 1955) is an Australian murderer and the first woman in the country's history to be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. She was convicted for the murder of her partner, John Ch ...

" (2019) * "

Tyler Hadley Tyler may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tyler (name), an English name; with lists of people with the surname or given name * Tyler, the Creator (born 1991), American rap artist and producer * John Tyler, 10th president of the United ...

" (2019) * "

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" (feat. Bill $Aber) (2020) * " Michelle Carter" (2021) * "

Chris Watts In the early hours of August 13, 2018, in Frederick, Colorado, Christopher Lee Watts (born May 16, 1985) murdered his pregnant wife Shanann (34) by strangulation, and their two children Bella (4) and Celeste (3) by suffocation. He buried Shanan ...

" (2022) * "

Armin Meiwes Armin Meiwes (; born 1 December 1961) is a German former computer repair technician who received international attention for murdering and cannibalising Bernd Brandes, whom he had found via the Internet as a voluntary victim, in March 2001. Aft ...

" (2022) * "

John Wayne Gacy John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys in Norwood Park Township, Cook County, Illinois, Norwood Park Tow ...

" (2022) * "

Edmund Kemper Edmund Emil Kemper III (born December 18, 1948) is an American serial killer convicted of murdering seven women and one girl between May 1972 and April 1973. Years earlier, at the age of 15, Kemper had murdered his paternal grandparents. Kemp ...

" (2023) * "

Robert Hansen Robert Christian Boes Hansen (February 15, 1939 – August 21, 2014), also known as the Butcher Baker, was an American serial killer active in Anchorage, Alaska, between 1972 and 1983, abducting, raping and murdering at least seventeen wome ...

" (2023) * "

Bianca Devins Bianca Michelle Devins (October 2, 2001 – July 14, 2019) was an American teenager from Utica, New York, who was murdered by a male acquaintance, Brandon Andrew Clark, on July 14, 2019. Following a botched suicide attempt, Clark was charged wi ...

" (2023) * " Heaven's Gate" (2024) * " Violets are Blue" (2024) * "

Aileen Wuornos Aileen Carol Wuornos (; born Pittman; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. Between 1989 and 1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, Wuornos shot dead and robbed seven of her male c ...

" (2025)

References

External links

*
Skynd
on

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