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Tested to Destruction from Cagliari deliver thrash metal with the engineering-stress-test intensity their name demands since 2014. A decade of load-bearing compositions from the Sardinian capital.
Testify is a thrash metal/metalcore band from Oelde/Ennigerloh, Germany, formed in 2018. They fuse thrash metal's aggression with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns.
Testiness is a heavy/power metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 2025. They play anthemic heavy and power metal from the Ruhr Valley.
Testosteron is a death/thrash metal band from Kecskemét, Hungary, formed in 2015. They deliver aggressive, high-energy metal combining thrash speed with death metal brutality.
Black metal project from Ticino in southern Switzerland, performing metal sung in Italian and local dialect. Their lo-fi Demo MMXVIII (2018) was recorded on a 4-track Tascam and explores themes of cultural erosion, territorial decay, and human misery.
Death/black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2019 by members performing under the names Nekrolater 666 (vocals, guitar), Warhate 666 (bass), and Abyss 666 (drums), continuing under a new name after the dissolution of their prior project Bestial Mölestor (2010–2019). The band released the compilation Compendium Diaboli (Vicarius Filii Satani / The Malefic Vomit of Satan) on August 15, 2019.
Tethra from Novara craft death and doom metal named after the Fomorian king of Irish mythology since 2010. Over fifteen years from the Piedmontese rice capital channels Celtic mythology through crushing Italian extreme metal.
Tetractys is a groove metal band from Athens, active since 2016. Named after the Pythagorean triangular figure of mystical significance, their music channels mathematical precision through heavy, rhythmic groove metal.
Tetragon is a thrash metal band from Parkano, Finland, formed in 2015 and evolving toward progressive thrash. They combine thrash metal's aggression with increasing progressive complexity.
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