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Thecodontion is a unique death metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2016. Self-described as 'Prehistoric Metal of Death,' they notably use no guitars, creating bass-driven death metal themed around paleontology, fossils, and geologic periods across albums like Supercontinent and Jurassic.
Thedus from Parma craft doom, drone, and sludge metal exploring the most oppressive sonic depths since 2019. Their Emilian base — capital of prosciutto and Parmesan — provides ironic culinary contrast to their suffocating heaviness.
Black/speed/thrash metal trio from Caruaru, Pernambuco, composed of T. Impuro (vocals, bass), W. Sabazius (guitar), and HSR (drums). Their debut full-length O Fim was released on September 22, 2022 via Excarnation Records, recorded at Lá em Casa Estúdio between November 2021 and February 2022.
Theion are a melodic death metal band from Aarschot, Belgium, whose Bandcamp catalog includes the album At the Stake and the track 'Psalm 73,' suggesting lyrical engagement with religious and inquisitorial imagery. The band operates independently within the Belgian extreme metal underground.
Their Last Stop is a black metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2023. They deliver dark, atmospheric black metal from the Irish underground.
Seattle's Theist have been conjuring a layered, oppressive amalgam of black metal, sludge, and doom since 2015 — a combination that fits naturally in the Pacific Northwest's tradition of slow, heavy, and atmosphere-saturated extreme music. Their sound buries raw black metal hostility under sludge's tar-thick weight and doom's relentless drag.
A groove and thrash metal band from Innsbruck, Tyrol, Thekla blend the percussive, mid-tempo weight of groove metal with the angular riffing of classic thrash. They operate as an independent act within the Tyrolean metal scene, with their music available through their Bandcamp page.
Thel is a heavy/stoner metal band from Thessaloniki, active since 2013. Their music delivers thick, fuzz-heavy riffs blending traditional heavy metal power with the groovy weight of stoner metal.
Thelemic Gates is a black metal band from Mikkeli, Finland, formed in 2020. Named after Aleister Crowley's philosophy, they channel occult themes through black metal.
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