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T.D.S. is a raw black metal band from Bilbao, Spain, formed in 2022 with hardcore punk influences. They fuse the rawness of black metal with hardcore punk's confrontational energy from the Basque Country.
T.H.O.R. from Schneeberg in Saxony blend pagan themes with black and heavy metal elements, formed in 2024 in the Erzgebirge mountain region of eastern Germany. Their sound draws on the mystical heritage of the ore-rich Saxon highlands.
Taake was founded in Bergen, Norway in 1993 by multi-instrumentalist Hoest under the name Thule, renamed Taake — the Norwegian word for 'fog' — in 1995 as a tribute to his hometown's coastal landscape. The band operates primarily as a one-man studio entity and released a celebrated trilogy of concept albums between 1999 and 2005 centered on death, Norway, and the devil, followed by Noregs vaapen (2011), which featured guest appearances from Attila Csihar, Nocturno Culto, and Demonaz. Taake's most recent album is Et Hav av Avstand (2023).
Taaken channel raw black metal from Germany, formed in 2021 and conjuring the cold, misanthropic atmosphere of the Scandinavian tradition through a German lens. Their stripped-down approach favors primal intensity over production polish.
Taakka is a black metal project from Finland, formed in 2020. Their name meaning "burden" in Finnish, they channel weighty, oppressive black metal.
Formed in Frederick, Maryland in 2025, Taartaros arrive fully formed at the bleakest convergence of black, death, and doom metal — a suffocating trifecta that trades no one style for another. Their sound is early and uncompromising, built on cold dissonance and funeral-pace heaviness laced with the caustic edge of death metal aggression.
Taatsi is an atmospheric black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2014. They craft immersive atmospheric black metal from the Finnish capital.
Tableau Mort is a black metal band from London, whose releases including 'Heresy: Upon the Altar' and 'Veil of Stigma' explore themes of religious transgression and spiritual tragedy. Their atmospheric approach to black metal draws from both the genre's raw roots and more theatrical, narrative-driven compositions.
One-man black metal project from Rio de Janeiro, formed in March 2016 by Tormentum Funebri, previously a member of Desvanecer. The project released a first demo in April 2016, followed by the cassette Black Metal: Ódio & Supremacia in 2017 through Irmandade Hermética do Ódio, and the full-length As Cinco Pontas do Pentagrama de Sangue on April 3, 2021, self-released with a limited CD-R edition through Terrorismo 666 Productions.
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