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Operating from Boonsboro, Maryland since 2016, Thonian Horde practice a traditional-leaning black metal that draws on the mythological and esoteric currents flowing through the American underground.
Thore is a black/Viking metal band from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2015. They fuse Norse-themed Viking metal with black metal's cold aggression.
Thormesis is a pagan/black metal band from Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, formed in 2015. They channel Germanic pagan traditions through raw black metal from the medieval Franconian town.
Black metal project from Brasília, Distrito Federal, operated by the musician known as Thormianak, who also serves as guitarist in the pagan black metal band Miasthenia. In addition to the original black metal material released in the late 1990s, Thormianak released solo experimental recordings on Bandcamp, including the instrumental collection lost tracks II and extreme-metal settings of three poems by Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa.
A US atmospheric black metal project formed in 2024, Thorndike channels the expansive, mist-laden textures the subgenre is known for, layering ambient sweep over raw black metal architecture. Still young, the project is already staking out its place in the crowded but endlessly compelling atmospheric black metal underground.
Thornfrost is a black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2022. They deliver icy, atmospheric black metal from the Finnish capital.
Thorngoth is a black metal project from Bad Tölz, Germany, formed in 2013. They deliver atmospheric black metal from the Bavarian Alpine foothills.
Ventura, California's Thornlord emerged in 2024 blending death and black metal into a ferocious hybrid that draws from both the brutality of death metal and the cold, malignant atmosphere of black metal. The coastal California origins add little warmth — the band's sound is decidedly grim.
Thornostrum is an avant-garde black/death metal band from Bonn, Germany, formed in 2022. They push the boundaries of extreme metal with experimental and avant-garde compositions.
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