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This Is Past is a psychedelic black metal band from Athens, active since 1999. With over two decades of exploring the intersection of psychedelia and black metal, they are among the more veteran experimentalists in the Greek underground.
Formed in New York in 2022, This Is the Last Time work in progressive and post-metal territory, building lengthy, texture-driven compositions that prioritize atmosphere and emotional weight over technical showcase.
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Gothic metal and rock band from Geneva, Switzerland, whose melancholic sound captures isolation and despair. Their second album Cornerstone (2013) was released through Season of Mist and spans twelve tracks of doom-tinged, progressive heaviness.
This New Hell is a melodic death/groove metal band from Aguascalientes, Mexico, formed in 2011. They released their self-titled EP in 2013 and remain active as an independent act.
Hailing from Pampa, Texas — a remote stretch of the Panhandle — This Noose... My Neck... practice funeral doom of the most desolate variety, stretching grief and isolation into glacially slow compositions that feel as vast as the surrounding plains.
Salt Lake City's This Perfect Day have been operating since 2013 at the intersection of raw black metal and post-black metal's introspective expansiveness, drawing on the stark landscape of Utah's high desert for atmosphere.
A Richmond, Virginia metalcore band since 2016, This Present Darkness channel the city's storied heavy music scene into dense, aggressive compositions built on thick riffs and high-contrast dynamic shifts.
Daytona Beach's This Solemn Vow have been sharpening their metalcore-meets-thrash attack since 2014, bringing a riff-forward intensity that leans into speed and groove in equal measure.
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