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Ich hatt einen Kameraden (2016)
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Necromanteum (2023)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Seattle's TKO have been carrying the torch for hard rock-inflected heavy metal and glam since their 1999 reformation, blending the sleaze and swagger of classic Pacific Northwest hard rock with muscular riffs and arena-sized hooks.
San Antonio's TNK have been forging straightforward heavy metal since 2014, drawing on the no-frills tradition of classic American metal with a blue-collar South Texas directness.
To Follow a Madman from Chelmsford deliver heavy metal, groove metal, and hard rock with the reckless devotion their cult-leader-following name suggests since 2023. Their Essex base channels the dangerous charisma of their concept through hook-driven compositions.
Toad the Wet Sprocket from Bedford evolved from blues and rock origins into NWOBHM-influenced heavy metal, predating and sharing their name with the American alternative rock band since 1988. Nearly four decades of activity from the Bedfordshire county town makes them one of the UK's most quietly enduring metal acts.
Toccata is an epic heavy metal band from San Martino di Lupari in the province of Padua, active since 2014. Named after the dramatic musical form, their music delivers epic heavy metal with the flourish and grandeur the term demands.
Todez from Odense deliver hard rock and heavy metal with the lethal edge their deliberately misspelled name implies since 2023. Their sound channels old-school metal energy from the island of Funen, hometown of Hans Christian Andersen.
Tokyo Blade is a NWOBHM/heavy metal band from Salisbury, Wiltshire, one of the classic acts of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Originally active in the 1980s and reformed, they continue to deliver the twin-guitar attack and anthemic hooks that made them part of NWOBHM history.
Lansing, Illinois's Tokyo Dawn formed in 2025 carrying a classic heavy metal banner, bringing the genre's traditional riff-and-melody formula to the Chicago South suburbs with an old-school sensibility in a modern context.
Tokyo Rose is a NWOBHM-influenced heavy metal band from Durham in northeast England, formed in 2014. Their music draws from the raw energy and classic riffing of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal tradition.
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