Matt Zebroski

Alex Skolnick Trio: Prove You're Not a Robot

by Glenn Astarita
December 29, 2025

Few musicians have leapt the chasm between thrash metal and jazz with the audacity and grace of Alex Skolnick. Having made his name with Bay Area thrashers Testament in their Big Four-era ascent, Skolnick's departure from metal in the early '90s was not burnout, but a transformation fueled by his pursuit of a BFA in jazz performance from The New School. Juggling Testament reunions and his progressive jazz-rock project PAKT, his career has long defied easy labels. The ...