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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Thence is a progressive metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 2016. They craft intricate progressive metal from the eastern Finnish lake region.
Thenemis deliver power metal from Prague with the epic grandeur and driving double-bass rhythms characteristic of the European power metal tradition, formed in 2021. Their sound builds on the melodic intensity and fantasy-infused themes that define the genre's continental school.
Thenuffville from Milan craft depressive black metal since 2025. Their Lombardy base channels urban despair through anguished compositions.
Theocracide from Leeds deliver thrash metal under a name meaning 'the killing of god-rule,' channeling anti-theocratic fury since 2024. Their West Yorkshire base provides the industrial backbone for their politically charged aggression.
Athens, Georgia's Theocracy are one of the most established progressive power metal acts in American Christian metal, active since 1993 under the direction of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Matt Smith. Their music combines soaring melodic power metal with progressive song architecture and explicitly devotional lyrical content, earning them a loyal following across both Christian and secular metal audiences.
Theodor Bastard formed in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1996 under the direction of founder Fedor Svoloch, adopting the current band name in 1999 as an English rendering of his stage pseudonym. The project is defined by the distinctive soprano vocals of Yana Veva, who frequently sings in invented languages and rare world tongues, layered over a palette of cello, harp, theremin, synthesizers, and ethnic percussion that blends neofolk with dark wave and trip hop. Albums including Pustota (2004), Oikoumene (2012), Vetvi (2015), and Volch'ya Yagoda (2020) have been released across five countries, and the band has performed at European festivals including Wave-Gotik-Treffen and Castle Party. Their work for the game Pathologic 2 (2017) introduced them to a new international audience.
Theodore Ziras is a neoclassical metal/shred guitarist from Poros, Greece, active since 2007. His instrumental albums showcase virtuosic technique and classical-influenced compositions in the tradition of Yngwie Malmsteen and Jason Becker.
Greeley, Colorado's Theodros pursue progressive and technical death metal with an ambition that reaches beyond genre mechanics toward genuine compositional depth, active since 2019. Their Bandcamp presence and Colorado origins place them in an emerging front range extreme metal scene increasingly capable of producing technically sophisticated acts.
Santa Cruz's Theogony have been practicing black metal since 2014, with their name — Hesiod's account of the birth of the gods — signaling an interest in mythological and cosmological themes. The California coast provides an unlikely but fitting environment for their kind of atmospheric, misanthropic black metal.
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