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Tábano was a three-piece heavy band formed in 2012 in La Plata, Argentina, drawing on thrash and doom metal in equal measure. The band released the album Mata o Muere and a demo track, Atrapado (sin salida), before eventually dissolving.
Táltos is a folk/black metal project from Hungary, formed in 2021. Named after the Hungarian shamanic figure, they blend folk elements with black metal ferocity, drawing on Magyar pagan traditions.
Távol is a black metal project from Győr, Hungary, formed in 2021. Their name meaning 'Far' in Hungarian, they create atmospheric black metal with introspective depth.
North Rhine-Westphalia's Täufer — German for 'baptizer' — channel thrash metal from the Rhine region since 2025. Their religious name adds a purifying dimension to compositions that cleanse through speed and precision riffing.
Tåkeheim — a Norwegian-inflected word meaning 'mist home' — practice black metal from an undisclosed German location since 2021. Their Scandinavian naming convention reflects the cross-border musical dialogue between German and Norwegian black metal traditions.
Thrash/death metal band from Ternat, near Brussels, whose core sound channels mid-career Voivod-era riffing filtered through death and black metal influence. Their debut album Pandora (2016) on Sideburn Records and Consouling Agency earned them a support slot for Voivod and a berth at Antwerp Metal Fest 2018. Their follow-up Broken, Frayed Ends (2020) showed a band pushing beyond genre boundaries with a markedly improved sonic palette.
Tírad Dúr is a black metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2022, adding to the Pacific Northwest's active and diverse black metal underground with a characteristically dark and atmospheric approach.
Tómarúm is a progressive black metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2019, weaving intricate song structures and dynamic shifts into a black metal framework and earning recognition well beyond the regional scene.
Death metal band from Euclides da Cunha, Bahia, formed in 2021, with a lineup of Humberto Amorim (vocals), Athayde Neto (drums and guitars), Marcos Augusto (guitars), and Junior Moreira (bass). The band centers its lyrical themes on Mayan mythology and sacrificial rites, and released Trophy of Skulls on October 29, 2021, followed by the EP The Macabre God of Decadence in June 2022.
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