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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Head Cage (2018)
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Theron from the Alicante towns of Elda and Alcoi deliver heavy metal from southeastern Spain's shoe-manufacturing heartland, formed in 2024. Their name channels ancient Greek meaning 'hunter,' driving compositions of predatory intensity.
These Hands Conspire is a heavy/doom metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2015. They combine traditional heavy metal's melodic power with doom metal's oppressive weight.
Thin Ice is a heavy metal band from Tipton, Iowa, formed in 2019 in the kind of small Midwestern town where metal bands form out of sheer necessity against the flatness. Their straightforward heavy metal approach reflects the no-nonsense character of Iowa's working-class music community.
Third Degree is a heavy metal band from Centereach, New York on Long Island, formed in 2021, drawing on traditional heavy metal's melodic and hard-hitting qualities within a suburban scene that has produced plenty of underground talent. Their sound stays close to the genre's foundational elements without overcomplicating the formula.
This Berlin, New Hampshire incarnation of Third Degree leans into power metal's soaring vocals and driving rhythms alongside classic heavy metal, formed in 2021 in one of New England's more remote corners. The cold, rugged character of northern New Hampshire makes an unlikely but apt backdrop for anthemic, high-energy metal.
Third Degree from Saint Paul, Minnesota is a melodic heavy metal and hard rock act formed in 2021, emphasizing strong hooks, clean vocals, and a polished approach to traditional heavy metal songwriting. They represent the Twin Cities' broader appetite for melodic, accessible metal with roots in the genre's classic era.
Thirty Fates is a heavy metal band from Larissa, formed in 2021. Their music delivers classic heavy metal from the Thessalian capital, drawing from the mythological concept of fate central to Greek culture.
This I Owe is a progressive heavy/doom metal/hard rock band from Athens, formed in 2023. Their music blends progressive complexity with the weight of doom and the accessibility of hard rock.
Thisclose from Glasgow and Edinburgh deliver hardcore punk blended with heavy and thrash metal since 2012. Over a decade spanning Scotland's two great cities has produced compositions that bridge punk's confrontational energy with metal's weight.
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