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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Out of the small coastal enclave of Baywood-Los Osos, California, Toxic Wizard collapse genre walls with reckless abandon, fusing sludge heaviness, grindcore violence, power metal theatrics, and experimental noise into a deliberately unclassifiable whole since 2016.
Frederick, Maryland's Trail of Wreckage push doom metal into experimental territory since forming in 2020, building on the genre's foundational heaviness while introducing unconventional textures and structures.
Baltimore's Trephine occupy a thoughtful corner of progressive and experimental metal, formed in 2019 with a clear appetite for structure that shifts and breathes rather than simply pulverizes. The city's DIY culture and art-adjacent scene makes it fertile ground for a band more interested in texture and tension than brute force.
Triangle Face is an experimental death metal band from Cambridge, formed in 2021. Their music pushes death metal conventions into experimental territory with unconventional compositions from the historic university city.
Tribalpython is an experimental doom metal project from Anderson, South Carolina, formed in 2010, weaving slow, crushing riffs with unconventional structures and an exploratory sonic approach.
Tribes of Neurot is the ambient/experimental side project of Neurosis members, based in Oakland, California, and active since 1999, releasing dense, ritualistic dark ambient and noise works that serve as sonic companions to the Neurosis catalog.
Truckdriver is a sludge and stoner metal band from Stoke-on-Trent, England, formed in 2013. They combine experimental textures with crushing sludge riffs and thick, abrasive stoner grooves.
True is an experimental death metal project from Samobor, Croatia, formed in 2022. They push death metal into unconventional territory with experimental structures and creative exploration.
Two is an experimental doom and stoner metal project from York, England, formed in 2019. They explore the heavier fringes of doom and stoner metal with an experimental, boundary-pushing approach.
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