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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Thomsen is a heavy/power metal band from Isernhagen, Germany, formed in 2011. They deliver classic German power metal with soaring vocals and twin-guitar attack.
Thor from Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque Country deliver heavy and power metal under the thunder god's banner since 2014. Their Norse deity name channels divine power through compositions that ring with the hammer-strike intensity of traditional European metal.
Thormënt from Asturias blend power, death, and thrash metal into a versatile extreme metal package from northwestern Spain's mountainous principality since 2022. Their multi-genre approach channels the rugged Cantabrian landscape through compositions that shift between melodic grandeur and brutal aggression.
Dallas, Texas's Thorn formed in 2023 playing traditional heavy metal and power metal, joining a city with a long history of the genre and bringing melody, anthem-ready hooks, and twin-guitar power to the Texas metal scene.
Thornbridge is a power metal band from Alzenau, Germany, active since 2010. They deliver anthemic, melodic power metal from the Hessian-Bavarian border region.
Indianapolis' Thoughts Betrayed have been mining the melodic and epic dimensions of progressive and power metal since 2016, building elaborate song structures on a foundation of soaring vocals and technically assured instrumentation. They represent the ambitious side of Indiana's metal underground, favoring craft and complexity over brutality.
Chicago, Illinois power/thrash metal band formed in 1983, combining the technical ambition and melodic strength of power metal with the aggression and momentum of thrash — a pairing that reflected Chicago's fertile and diverse metal environment during the genre's formative decade.
Los Angeles heavy and power metal outfit Throttle formed in 2019 with a focus on soaring melodic vocals and driving, hook-laden riffs that sit between the traditional heavy metal template and the more bombastic end of the power metal spectrum. They bring a sun-drenched, Sunset Strip-adjacent energy to a style that often gravitates toward European grandiosity.
Los Angeles-based Through the Clouds formed in 2019 at the intersection of melodic hard rock and power metal, favoring anthemic songwriting, clean vocals, and technically accomplished guitar work with strong melodic hooks. They bring a polished, uplifting approach to power metal that sits comfortably alongside the genre's European masters while maintaining an American West Coast sensibility.
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