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Boston thrash outfit that has been grinding since 2016, channeling the city's hardcore-adjacent intensity into straight-ahead thrash with a raw, no-nonsense delivery. Their Bandcamp handle suggests New York crossover influences feeding into their New England sound.
Formed in 2022 out of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Trenchgoat bring a hard rock backbone to their blend of heavy and thrash metal, landing somewhere between throwback aggression and arena-adjacent hooks. They're a young band with a sound that leans on the visceral pleasure of the riff.
Power metal band from Guarulhos, São Paulo, formed in early 2018 by vocalist Diogo Nunes and guitarist Rogério Oliveira. Their debut album Kill Your Ghosts (July 2019) featured guest vocals from Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), and their second album Until the Sun Rise Again (November 2021) included guest appearances from Marina La Torraca (Phantom Elite) and Elisa C. Martin (Hamka). The band has toured across six countries and shared stages with Blind Guardian, Symphony X, and Hammerfall, releasing the conceptual EP Facing My Ghosts in February 2025.
Trendkiller from the tiny Hunsrück village of Hunzel play heavy metal that rebels against musical fashion, delivering uncompromising traditional metal since 2012. Their anti-trend name reflects a stubborn commitment to classic metal values from the rural Rhineland-Palatinate highlands.
Colorado Springs heavy and power metal act Trevor Lane have been active since 2016, delivering melodic metal with traditional underpinnings that evoke the sweeping ambition of the genre's classic era. Their home in the shadow of the Rockies suits a sound that aims for the monumental.
Los Angeles-based Trey Xavier is a solo heavy metal project dating back to 2016, encompassing a wide stylistic range under the metal umbrella — fitting for a city where genre lines are often treated as suggestions. The project has the character of a personal document more than a band proper.
Instrumental heavy metal duo from São Paulo, formed in 2004 by guitarist Lincoln Ladeia and drummer Wagner Krüger. The band adopted the all-instrumental format after the departure of original bassist and vocalist Thadeu Castro in 2005, and released their debut nine-track EP on April 22, 2015, recorded and produced at the John Armless Project Studio in São Paulo.
Trial formed in 2007 in Trollhättan, Sweden, playing traditional heavy metal rooted in the NWOBHM and classic European metal of the 1980s. The quintet built a following through a series of increasingly refined studio albums — The Primordial Temple (2011), Vessel (2015), Motherless (2017), and Feed the Fire (2022) — before signing with Metal Blade Records. Their sound emphasizes melodic riffing, clean vocals, and songwriting discipline that sets them apart from the retro-metal revival acts of the same era.
Trial by Fire is a progressive/power metal band from Red Bluff, California, formed in 2019, blending soaring melodic vocals and complex song structures within the classic power metal framework.
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