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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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San Francisco death metal outfit Thud Bukit formed in 2020 and have been contributing to the Bay Area's long-running tradition of brutal, technically literate death metal — a scene defined by decades of uncompromising extremity.
Thulan is a progressive black metal project from Italy, formed in 2022. Their name evokes the mythical northern land of Thule, channeling that icy mysticism through progressive black metal compositions.
Woodstock, Georgia's Thulcandra have been crafting raw black metal since 2010, operating deep in the Southern underground with a sound that favors primitive intensity and atmospheric darkness over production polish.
Wilmington, California's Thulcandra take raw black metal to its most unvarnished extreme, honing a deliberately lo-fi, confrontational approach since 2010 that strips the genre down to its most hostile and primitive elements.
Thulian is a raw black metal project from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2021. They pursue the most stripped-down end of the black metal spectrum.
Thulnar is a symphonic black metal band from Bologna, active since 2015. Their fantastical name suits the orchestral grandeur they layer over aggressive black metal from the Emilian capital.
Thulr from the Baltic port of Kiel weave folk influences through melodic black metal, named after the Old Norse word for a wise speaker or sage since 2014. Their compositions blend the cold atmosphere of Schleswig-Holstein's North Sea coast with folk-tinged melodic passages.
Thulsa from Brno merge stoner metal's fuzz-drenched heaviness with hardcore's confrontational energy, a potent combination formed in 2024 in the Czech Republic's second city. Named after the iconic villain from Conan lore, their sound hits with both narcotic weight and aggressive urgency.
Thulsa Doom is a death metal band from Rome, formed in 2018. Named after the villainous sorcerer from Conan the Barbarian, their music channels that dark power through brutal death metal from the Eternal City.
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