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Tiamat formed near Stockholm, Sweden in 1987 under the original name Treblinka, playing raw black/death metal before renaming after the Babylonian deity and releasing their debut Sumerian Cry in 1990. Under the direction of guitarist and vocalist Johan Edlund, the band underwent a series of dramatic stylistic transformations: Clouds (1992) introduced gothic influences into their death-doom foundation, and Wildhoney (1994) is widely regarded as a landmark of progressive and atmospheric doom metal that earned the band festival slots at Dynamo and Wacken. Later albums including A Deeper Kind of Slumber (1997) and Judas Christ (2002) moved toward gothic rock and alternative sounds. Tiamat are recognized as pioneers of both gothic metal and atmospheric death metal.
Tiat5 is a groove/death metal band from Florence, formed in 2023. Their cryptic name adds mystery to the heavy grooves and death metal aggression they deliver from the cradle of the Renaissance.
Swiss death metal veterans Tiburón have been active since 1994, building a substantial discography that includes conceptual albums like "4'496'500'000 Mission Neptune" and "5'906'376'000 Mission Pluto," exploring cosmic and sci-fi themes through crushing brutality. Their catalog spans over a dozen releases from their base in Zofingen, blending technical precision with interplanetary concept work.
Tiburón Peregrino is an instrumental extreme metal project from San Miguel, Buenos Aires, founded in 2017 by multi-instrumentalist Rodrigo "Calo" Calónico. The project is named after the basking shark and channels its oceanic theme across a prolific catalog, including "La fosa de las Marianas" (October 2017), "MEG" (July 2018), and "Forever gran tiburón" (March 2019). Calónico handles guitars and drum programming, having released over fifteen studio albums as of the band's documented output.
Brooklyn's Tidal Bore arrived in 2022 with a sound that smears death metal aggression across a sludge-coated frame, favoring punishing tempos that occasionally collapse into murky, caustic slowdowns. They capture the abrasive confrontationalism of the current NYC underground.
San Diego's Tideless weave death-doom density with shoegaze texture, producing a sound that's simultaneously crushing and immersive — churning riffs suspended in reverberant haze. The band has been refining this submerged aesthetic since forming in 2016.
Pittsburgh's Tides of Accretion lean into the slow and sepulchral, pairing doom metal's deliberate decay with death metal's tonal darkness for music that feels geological in its patience and mass. The project formed in 2020 and reflects Pittsburgh's long affection for heavy, underground extremity.
Tides of Sulfur from Cardiff deliver sludge and death metal with the volcanic, brimstone-tide intensity their chemical name demands since 2013. Over a decade of sulfurous compositions from the Welsh capital has produced some of South Wales's most corrosive extreme metal.
Colorado Springs newcomers Tides of Technocracy launched in 2024 playing death-thrash with a mechanistic edge, hammering out riffs that carry both the precision of death metal and the kinetic aggression of thrash. Their recent formation puts them at the leading edge of Colorado's burgeoning extreme metal circuit.
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