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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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A Concord, California groove/thrash outfit active since 2005, Torque channels the mid-90s Bay Area chug with locked-in rhythmic heaviness and thrash-driven aggression.
Bradenton, Florida's Torque blends groove metal's mid-tempo punch with industrial metal's mechanical textures and thrash-inflected bite, carving out a hard-edged sound since 2005.
Ottawa, Illinois' Torque merges groove metal's rhythmic heaviness with traditional heavy metal's melodic sensibility, a working-class Midwest metal act formed in 2005.
Boise, Idaho's Torrent fuses groove metal's lockstep heaviness with death metal's aggression, a straightforward and punishing act formed in 2014.
Haworth, New Jersey's Torrential Downpour takes groove metal in a technical direction, layering intricate rhythmic shifts beneath heavy, momentum-driven riffwork since 2009.
Torrey Canyon from Sélestat in Alsace deliver stoner and groove metal named after the infamous 1967 oil tanker disaster since 2020. Their environmental-catastrophe reference drives compositions of sludgy, oil-slicked heaviness from the Rhine valley.
Torture Killer is a death/groove metal band from Turku, Finland, active since 2009. They combine death metal's brutality with groove metal's rhythmic heaviness.
Torture Pit from Berlin merge death metal, groove metal, and hardcore into a pit-ready assault of crushing riffs and aggressive breakdowns since 2015. Their sound is built for the mosh pit, channeling the capital's vast heavy music underground into concentrated physical aggression.
Medford, Oregon's Tortured Souls operate in the groove-inflected thrash lane, pairing chugging mid-tempo riffs with the swaggering weight of groove metal in a style that has defined much of the American post-'90s thrash revival.
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