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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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Thumos, active since 2018, work the intersection of progressive doom and post-metal with a measured, philosophical approach — their name drawn from the classical Greek concept of spirited passion — building expansive compositions that reward patient listening.
ThunarWülf from Sheffield blend folk metal with heavy metal under an Old English name invoking the thunder-god and wolves since 2022. Their Steel City base channels Anglo-Saxon mythology through folk-inflected compositions.
Clearwater, Florida's Thunder have been channeling the melodic sweep and galloping energy of heavy and power metal since 2010, bringing a sun-state directness to a style that thrives on anthemic hooks and muscular guitar work.
Thunder Ace from Los Palacios y Villafranca near Seville deliver thrash and groove metal with the high-flying intensity of a fighter pilot's callsign since 2017. Their Andalusian origin brings southern Spanish fire to their riff-heavy assault.
Thunder Age is a heavy/progressive metal band from Matera in Basilicata, active since 2017. Their music brings ambitious heavy and progressive metal to the ancient cave-dwelling city, one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements on Earth.
Thunder Axe is a heavy metal band from Bergamo in Lombardy, active since 2017. Their weapon-wielding name channels the striking power of classic heavy metal from the foothills of the Italian Alps.
Thunder Bay from Offenbach near Frankfurt deliver melodic heavy metal with the rolling power their Great Lakes-referencing name suggests since 2011. Over a decade of activity from the Rhine-Main area has produced anthemic, riff-driven metal with strong melodic hooks.
San Diego's Thunder Demon have been operating at the thrash-black crossroads since 2014, injecting black metal's cold malice into a thrash framework that keeps the energy volatile and the attack relentless.
Thunder Dome is a heavy metal band from Mantua in Lombardy, formed in 2025. Their apocalyptic name promises powerful heavy metal from the Renaissance city on the Mincio River.
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