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ThickSkind is a progressive metal band from Dallas, Texas, active since 2013, drawing on the genre's tradition of complex structures and dynamic shifts while rooted in the rich heavy music culture of North Texas. Their progressive approach distinguishes them within a Dallas scene more often associated with straight-ahead heaviness.
Formed in 2012 in Lake View, South Carolina, Thirst for Clarity pull from death metal brutality, groove-driven heaviness, and the melodic ambitions of progressive metalcore, building dense, layered songs that resist easy genre labels.
Thirty Aethyrs from Manchester craft progressive and black metal named after the thirty ethereal realms of Enochian mysticism since 2011. Over a decade of esoteric compositions from the northwest has explored each mystical plane through technically ambitious extremity.
This Broken Machine from Milan blend progressive metal and metalcore with alternative rock influences since 2012. Over a decade of malfunctioning-machine compositions from the Lombardy capital.
This I Owe is a progressive heavy/doom metal/hard rock band from Athens, formed in 2023. Their music blends progressive complexity with the weight of doom and the accessibility of hard rock.
Formed in New York in 2022, This Is the Last Time work in progressive and post-metal territory, building lengthy, texture-driven compositions that prioritize atmosphere and emotional weight over technical showcase.
Thisharmony from Zaragoza craft progressive death metal with a name that plays on disharmony and harmony simultaneously, active since 2000 in the Aragonese capital. Over a quarter century, they have become one of Spain's longest-running progressive death metal acts.
Berkeley, California's Tholus have been developing their progressive death metal vision since 2007, fusing technical death metal's precision with progressive music's compositional ambition in a Bay Area scene with plenty of both traditions to draw from.
Thomas Bressel from the Norman towns of Saint-Lô and Caen is a solo progressive, neoclassical metal, and jazz fusion project, blending classical virtuosity with metal intensity since 2006. Nearly two decades of multi-genre composition from Normandy have produced a unique fusion of conservatory technique and heavy music.
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