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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Søvnløs is a black/doom metal band from Manizales, Colombia, whose lyrical themes draw on Norse mythology, suicide, and depression. Their debut release, the EP Where Lies the Sorrows, appeared in 2019 and blends black metal with atmospheric and suicidal elements.
Sungehel forge black/death metal from Tallinn, their Estonian-language name adding a local linguistic dimension to their extreme output. Active since 2015, they bring Baltic darkness to the Tallinn underground.
Tekirdag's SIS pair progressive and doom metal from the Thracian coast since 2007. Their Turkish name meaning "fog" and nearly two decades of activity from the Sea of Marmara have produced one of Turkish metal's most enduring progressive acts.
T H I N K from Paris deliver groove metal and hardcore with the cerebral intensity their spaced-out name suggests since 2016. Their compositions pair physical aggression with intellectual provocation from the French capital.
T.A.N.K from the Paris suburbs of Melun, Évry, and Versailles deliver melodic death and groove metal with the armored, military-vehicle intensity their name promises since 2010. Over fifteen years, they have rolled through the French metal scene with heavy, precision-targeted compositions.
T.D.S. is a raw black metal band from Bilbao, Spain, formed in 2022 with hardcore punk influences. They fuse the rawness of black metal with hardcore punk's confrontational energy from the Basque Country.
T.H.O.R. from Schneeberg in Saxony blend pagan themes with black and heavy metal elements, formed in 2024 in the Erzgebirge mountain region of eastern Germany. Their sound draws on the mystical heritage of the ore-rich Saxon highlands.
T.M.A. are a Prague-based thrash metal outfit formed in 2017, delivering fast, riff-heavy thrash in the tradition of the Czech Republic's strong thrash lineage. Their music draws on the aggressive energy of Bay Area and Teutonic thrash while maintaining a distinct Central European identity.
T.O.R.N. from Aarhus deliver groove metal with the ripped-apart intensity their abbreviated name suggests since 2017. Their sound channels the rhythmic heaviness of Pantera and Machine Head through Denmark's second-largest city.
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