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TEMIC is a Norwegian progressive metal supergroup formed in 2020 by keyboardist Diego Tejeida (ex-Haken, Devin Townsend) and guitarist Eric Gillette (The Neal Morse Band), both of whom had connected while touring together on Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress project. The lineup is completed by drummer Simen Sandnes (Shining, Arkentype) and vocalist Fredrik Klemp (Maraton), and the band's debut album Terror Management Theory (2023) on Season of Mist fused progressive metal with high-energy electronic arrangements. A second album, Mothallah, has followed as the band establishes itself on the international prog circuit.
Temnein from the Nancy/Metz corridor in Lorraine deliver progressive and melodic death metal under a Greek verb meaning 'to cut' since 2014. A decade of surgically precise compositions from the eastern French borderlands has established them as a force in French prog-death.
Technical and progressive thrash metal band from Switzerland, active since the early 2010s. Their sound has evolved from intricate thrash into hard rock territory, with a history of live performances across Swiss venues.
Progressive and post-metal band from Gabrovo, Bulgaria, formed in 2024 with a philosophy rooted in nature and the rejection of modern civilization's noise. Their debut album May I Reach Dawn (June 2025) is a ten-track atmospheric journey released across streaming platforms and Bandcamp, drawing comparisons to progressive rock as much as metal. The band's self-description—'found deep within the dense forests'—establishes the natural world as their central thematic and aesthetic framework.
Tempus Fusion is a progressive metal project from Bordon, Hampshire, active since 2012, drawing inspiration from Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, and TesseracT. Their album 'To End It All' features nine tracks of intricate, ambient-tinged progressive metal with layered soundscapes and complex compositions.
Founded in 2017 in Flemish Brabant under the name Tensor Tympani — a reference to the ear muscle that dampens harmful sounds — the band shortened their name to Tensor and released the 2018 demo The Collector followed by the EP The Suicide Connection. Their progressive death metal draws on the collective experience of members previously active in Herfst, Sanity's Rage, and The Dirty Harries, and their debut album The Suicide Connection marked a step forward in that melodic, technically-informed direction.
Melodic death/progressive metal band from Navapolatsk, Belarus, who released their discography under an ambitious chapter-by-chapter conceptual framework on Bandcamp. Their series of releases—from Chapitre I through Chapitre V: The Middle Earth—draws on literary and mythological reference points including Baudelaire and Tolkien, suggesting a band as interested in narrative and atmosphere as in technical execution. Their melodic death foundation is consistently laced with progressive architecture and a clear love of conceptual album-making.
Terratak is a progressive metal band from Schwerin, Germany, formed in 2024. They explore complex progressive metal compositions.
Terroir X Violence from Aix-en-Provence deliver progressive death metal and hardcore under a name that literally crosses French wine-country identity with aggression since 2015. A decade of terroir-soaked violence from Cézanne's hometown has produced a uniquely French fusion of sophistication and brutality.
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