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Statesboro, Georgia's Tormentor is a black metal band formed in 2023, operating out of a small college town well removed from any major metal hub. Their isolation gives the project a self-contained intensity typical of black metal acts built outside metropolitan scenes.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Taubaté, São Paulo, founded in 2008, with a lineup of Luiz Amadeus (guitar and vocals), Eduardo Cabral (guitar), Thiago "Animal" Andrade (bass), and Niko Teixeira (drums). Their discography spans five releases including the debut God Save, Satan Deprave (2009) and Supplicium Plus Quam Bestia (2019), released through Music Records in France.
Torn Away from Flint, Michigan formed in 2018, playing heavy and groove metal with the thick, working-class energy that defines their city's cultural character. Their sound favors mid-paced, crushing heaviness over technicality — direct, physical, and unpretentious.
Eden Prairie, Minnesota's Torok plays traditional heavy metal with a hard rock edge, carrying on the classic American metal tradition since their formation in 2016.
Out of Garden City, Michigan, this Torque operates in the heavy metal and hard rock tradition — a Midwestern band built on riff-forward songwriting 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.
Named after the Grand Inquisitor, Norfolk, Virginia's Torquemada delivers unrelenting death metal since 2011, drawing on the genre's most punishment-focused traditions.
Torrid from Nuremberg deliver heavy metal and hard rock with the scorching heat their name promises since 2013. Their Franconian base provides the foundation for riff-driven compositions that burn with classic metal intensity.
Bloomington, Indiana's Torturess weave together doom, sludge, and traditional heavy metal into a dense, riff-forward sound that recalls the crushing weight of Electric Wizard alongside the groove-driven swagger of '70s-influenced hard rock.
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