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Five-piece metal band from Villach, Carinthia, Thytopia feature powerful female vocals and a sound that blends thrash and melodic death metal with blues and rock undercurrents. Their debut album "Bleeding Earth" (2008), mastered by Andy Classen in Germany, earned strong regional reviews, and they went on to share stages with Amon Amarth and Dark Tranquility before releasing "Apparatus Diaboli" in 2014.
Thündermüg is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Kemi, Finland, formed in 2021. They play classic heavy metal and hard rock from the Finnish Arctic Circle.
Heavy metal project founded in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul in 2020 by Tiago Assis, who handles vocals, bass, and guitar alongside drummer Bruno Giordano and guitarist Renato Osorio. The 2021 single Ere the Sun Rises — recorded at Dry House Studio in Porto Alegre — features guest appearances from Brittney Slayes of Canadian power metal band Unleash the Archers and vocalist Iuri Sanson.
Tidal Dreams from Athens deliver heavy and power metal that ebbs and flows with oceanic grandeur since 2012. Over a decade of compositions from the Greek capital channels the Aegean's tidal rhythms through melodic metal.
Tietæne is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Amberg, Germany, formed in 2025. They play classic heavy metal and hard rock with a modern edge.
Tiger Beat is a heavy metal band from Seelscheid, Germany, formed in 2017. They play riff-driven heavy metal from the Rhineland.
Heavy metal band from São Paulo, formed in 1996, with a lineup that included vocalist Marcel Briani and guitarist Marina Takahashi. Their debut album Cold and Terrible (2004) — recorded, mixed, and mastered at Nimbus Studios and released in a pressing of 1,000 CDs on Die Hard Records — drew on influences ranging from Van Halen to Carcass, and the band later split up.
Chicago's Tiger Fight have been playing straight-down-the-middle heavy metal since 2016, the kind rooted in classic NWOBHM traditions and American hard rock grit — melodic leads, fist-pumping rhythms, and an unpretentious energy. Their Bandcamp handle (tigersfightatmidnight) leans into their theatrical, larger-than-life sensibility.
Tigerstrype is a heavy metal band from Zella-Mehlis, Germany, formed in 2014. They deliver traditional heavy metal from the Thuringian Forest region.
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