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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.
Trial by Fire is a heavy metal band from Mamaroneck, New York, formed in 2019, drawing on traditional metal conventions with a direct, riff-driven approach.
Triangle is a heavy metal band from Aurora, Illinois, formed in 2008, rooted in traditional heavy metal with an emphasis on driving riffs and classic song structures.
Triangle Theory is a sludge/heavy metal/hard rock band from Perth, Scotland, active since 2017. Their music blends the crushing weight of sludge with classic heavy metal and hard rock sensibilities from the Fair City.
Triarchy is a NWOBHM/heavy metal band from Gravesend, Kent, formed in 2022. Their music channels the raw energy and twin-guitar attack of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the Thames Estuary.
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