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Moshkinstein (2019)
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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Necromanteum (2023)
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Theatruum is an experimental black metal project from Italy, formed in 2012. They push black metal into unconventional territory with avant-garde structures and theatrical intensity.
Thecheesegrinders is a brutal death/black metal act from Érd, Hungary, formed in 2025. They unleash chaotic extremity blending the ferocity of black metal with brutal death metal's guttural assault.
Thecodontion is a unique death metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2016. Self-described as 'Prehistoric Metal of Death,' they notably use no guitars, creating bass-driven death metal themed around paleontology, fossils, and geologic periods across albums like Supercontinent and Jurassic.
Their Last Stop is a black metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2023. They deliver dark, atmospheric black metal from the Irish underground.
Seattle's Theist have been conjuring a layered, oppressive amalgam of black metal, sludge, and doom since 2015 — a combination that fits naturally in the Pacific Northwest's tradition of slow, heavy, and atmosphere-saturated extreme music. Their sound buries raw black metal hostility under sludge's tar-thick weight and doom's relentless drag.
Thelemic Gates is a black metal band from Mikkeli, Finland, formed in 2020. Named after Aleister Crowley's philosophy, they channel occult themes through black metal.
Then Comes the Dusk from Turin craft black metal channeling the liminal hour between day and night since 2016. A decade of twilight compositions from the Piedmontese capital.
Louisville's Then We Died arrived in 2025 as a collision of raw black metal and grindcore — two forms of extremity that share a contempt for comfort and runtime. Louisville's rich history of heavy and experimental music provides an unexpected but fitting backdrop for a band this intent on sonic destruction.
Thenuffville from Milan craft depressive black metal since 2025. Their Lombardy base channels urban despair through anguished compositions.
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