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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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Halo (2017)
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They Yearn for What They Fear is a sludge metal band from Somerset, Kentucky, carrying the slow, corrosive weight of the genre since 2004 with more than two decades in the underground. Operating far from major scenes, the band's longevity reflects a deeply personal commitment to crushing, emotionally fraught heavy music.
Thicc is a Los Angeles death metal act formed in 2026, bringing a confrontational name and presumably equally confrontational riffing to the crowded Southern California extreme metal scene. As one of the newest bands in the LA underground, they are just beginning to carve out their identity.
Denver's Thicker Skin is a thrash metal band formed in 2020 that taps into the high-altitude aggression of Colorado's heavy music scene with sharp, fast riffwork rooted in classic thrash traditions. Their name signals an attitude of resilience that aligns with the uncompromising nature of the genre.
Thicker than Blood come out of Detroit, Michigan with a ferocious hybrid of death metal, grindcore, and hardcore that has been tearing through the city's heavy underground since 2012. Their Motor City roots infuse their blunt, industrial-strength brutality with a gritty working-class intensity.
Thicket are an Orlando, Florida thrash metal band formed in 2015, delivering the kind of tight, riff-driven aggression that the Florida heat seems to breed in abundance. They occupy the faster, more technically inclined end of Florida's thrash scene, where the legacy of the state's extreme metal history looms large.
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.
Thieves is a California grindcore and crust punk act formed in 2013, channeling the raw, politically charged fury of crust into a grindcore format that is brief, loud, and absolutely unsparing. Operating without a fixed city listing, they embody the nomadic, anti-establishment spirit of the crust underground.
Thieving Coyote is a southern stoner metal band from Florence, South Carolina, formed in 2013, blending the swampy, sun-scorched swagger of Southern metal with the heavy fuzz of stoner rock into a distinctly regional sound. Their name captures both the trickster mythology of the American South and the scavenging independence of underground heavy music.
Thin Ice is a heavy metal band from Tipton, Iowa, formed in 2019 in the kind of small Midwestern town where metal bands form out of sheer necessity against the flatness. Their straightforward heavy metal approach reflects the no-nonsense character of Iowa's working-class music community.
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