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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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One Day Closer to the End of the World (2019)
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Halo (2017)
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Tayo is a heavy metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2018. They play traditional heavy metal from the Catalan capital.
Taüt is a death metal band from Barcelona/Olesa de Montserrat, Spain, formed in 2021. They deliver crushing death metal from the Catalan underground.
TDW is a progressive metal project based in Amersfoort, exploring expansive compositions that range from heavy, djent-influenced riffing to atmospheric passages since 2014. The project demonstrates the Netherlands' strong tradition of technically ambitious metal musicianship.
Death/thrash metal duo from Brasília, formed in 2020 by Iury Morais (drums and vocals) and Gabriel Zenön (guitars and bass). Their debut EP Sign of Hatred was released on June 2, 2020, mixed and mastered by Morais at Witchtrap Studios, and includes a cover of Diabólico e Sinistro by Bispo Bizarro.
Tear Gas and Plate Glass was a sludge/doom metal band from York, active from 2002 to 2007, founded by brothers Matthew and Nathan Dick. Citing influences like Godflesh, Electric Wizard, and Iron Monkey, their final EP 'Vantage' was recorded in Holland before the band disbanded to pursue other projects.
Ripping Thrash Metal from Los Angeles, California (early); Dallas, Texas (later).
Teardown is a melodic gothic metal band from Haapajärvi, Finland, formed in 2021. They blend gothic atmosphere with melodic metal from rural central Finland.
Sofia melodic death/metalcore band founded in January 2013 by guitarist and vocalist Liubomir Kabakov alongside guitarist Teodor Dimitrov and bassist Nikolay Stoichkov. Their debut album Fighting Myself (2016), recorded at the Delusional Thoughts Studio in Sofia, draws heavily from the Swedish melodic death metal tradition alongside American NWOAHM acts like In Flames and Five Finger Death Punch. The eleven-track record established them as one of the more accessible melodic extreme metal acts in Bulgaria's capital.
Liège speed/thrash act Tears of Blood were active from 2003 to 2010, drawing clear influence from Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Motörhead while operating as an independent band. Their recorded output includes a pair of demos that capture the band's energetic take on the classic European heavy metal tradition.
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