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Templa Ardentes from Aarhus push the boundaries of experimental black metal under a Latin name meaning 'burning temples' since 2014. A decade of activity from Denmark's second city has produced avant-garde compositions that deconstruct and reassemble black metal conventions.
Templario is a folk/heavy metal band from Castellón de la Plana, Spain, formed in 2021. They weave medieval and Iberian folk elements into traditional heavy metal, their name meaning "templar."
Templario are a heavy/power metal band from Trelew, Chubut, in Argentina's Patagonia region, formed in 2021. The band released a self-titled debut album in 2023 featuring vocalist Ian J. Handley and guitarist Maxx Segundo. They have performed at the Rawson Metal Festival, one of the prominent metal events in the Patagonian region.
Temple Abattoir is a black metal band from Monzón, Spain, active since 2008. They channel dark, ritualistic black metal from the Aragonese underground.
Temple Koludra is a black metal/ambient project from Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2013. They merge atmospheric black metal with dark ambient soundscapes.
Los Angeles' Temple of Dagon have been conjuring death/thrash savagery since 2014, fusing the crust punk grit of the California underground with the skull-splitting attack of old-school death and thrash. Their Lovecraftian namesake suits music this primordial — filthy, fast, and hostile, built on riffs that feel dredged from somewhere beneath the ocean floor.
Temple of Dread is a death metal band from Spiekeroog, Germany, formed in 2019 and released through Testimony Records. Their prolific catalog — including "Blood Craving Mantras," "World Sacrifice," "Hades Unleashed," and "Verminous Sodomy" — delivers relentless, old-school death metal.
Temple of Dust from Monza craft psychedelic doom and stoner metal that worships at the altar of decomposition since 2014. A decade of crumbling compositions from the Lombardy city of the famous Grand Prix circuit.
Temple of Evil conjure raw black metal from Nicosia, Cyprus, emerging from the island's small but dedicated extreme metal underground in 2016. Their sound channels the misanthropic fury of the Scandinavian second wave through a Mediterranean lens.
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