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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Out of Radford, Virginia since 2004, The Ziggurat have blended death, thrash, and traditional heavy metal into a rough-edged hybrid that prioritizes riff weight over stylistic purity. Their two-decade persistence marks them as stalwarts of Virginia's underground metal circuit.
Detroit's Theandric have been playing straight-ahead heavy metal since 2011, carrying on a blue-collar Midwestern sensibility rooted in classic metal songcraft. Their name — evoking the union of the divine and the human — hints at a philosophical dimension beneath what is otherwise a traditionally structured approach.
Theatre from the small Bohemian town of Pelhřimov craft melodic heavy metal with an emphasis on soaring vocal lines and harmonized guitar work since 2014. Their approach prioritizes melody and atmosphere within a traditional metal framework, creating a theatrical sonic experience true to their name.
Thel is a heavy/stoner metal band from Thessaloniki, active since 2013. Their music delivers thick, fuzz-heavy riffs blending traditional heavy metal power with the groovy weight of stoner metal.
Thelemite is a heavy metal band from Athens, formed in 2021. Named after followers of Aleister Crowley's Thelema philosophy, their music channels occult themes through classic heavy metal.
New Jersey's Them Damn Kings began as a hard rock act and evolved toward heavier traditional metal territory over time, a trajectory Metal Archives describes as a shift from "Hard Rock" to "Heavy Metal/Hard Rock." Active since 2017, they lean into classic American rock and metal sensibilities with a blunt, unpretentious attitude.
Themselves from Forlì deliver heavy metal with self-referential authenticity since 2014. A decade from the Romagna city channels classic metal through compositions of personal conviction.
Then Comes the Night from the small Swabian town of Riedlingen craft melodic heavy metal that builds toward dramatic, nightfall-themed climaxes since 2022. Their name captures the atmospheric tension of their compositions, where melody and darkness converge.
Theodore Ziras is a neoclassical metal/shred guitarist from Poros, Greece, active since 2007. His instrumental albums showcase virtuosic technique and classical-influenced compositions in the tradition of Yngwie Malmsteen and Jason Becker.
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