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Thorondir is a Viking/black metal band from Waldsassen, Germany, formed in 2011. They blend Norse Viking themes with raw black metal aggression.
Bloomington, Indiana's Thorr-Axe play a riff-worshipping brand of stoner doom that sits comfortably in the lineage of Electric Wizard and Saint Vitus while carrying its own Midwestern heft. Formed in 2010, the band leans into fuzz-thick guitar tone and hypnotic, plodding tempos that invite the listener to lose themselves in the low end.
Buffalo, New York's Thortoise have been crafting melodic death metal since 2017, blending Scandinavian melodic influence with the blunt-force energy of American death metal. The band's name cheekily suggests a slow-and-steady philosophy, but their music moves with real purpose and melodic clarity.
Thorun from Cardiff deliver stoner and sludge metal from the Welsh capital since 2011. Over a decade of fuzz-drenched compositions from South Wales has produced some of the region's most crushing slow-tempo heaviness.
Georgia's Thos Ælla formed in 2021 and operates in the murky, aggressive territory where death and black metal collide, drawing on both traditions without fully committing to either. The Old English name signals an interest in antiquity, and their sound carries a primitive rawness that fits the aesthetic.
Bridgend, Wales' Those Damn Crows keep the spirit of classic hard rock alive with their pounding, ultra-melodic anthems that channel the energy of 70s and 80s rock through a modern lens. Their 2025 album 'God Shaped Hole' reached number one on the UK Official Albums Chart, a career-crowning achievement after a decade of relentless gigging and independent hustle on Earache Records. Named after drummer Ronnie Huxford's father shouting at birds in his garden, the Welsh quintet have built their success entirely on the strength of their incendiary live performances and working-class, fan-first ethos.
Chicago's Those Motherfuckers have been tearing up the Midwest underground since 2009 with a punk-metal hybrid that fuses crust's bile and urgency with heavy metal's riff-driven power. Direct, loud, and unapologetically abrasive, they belong to a long Chicago tradition of bands who don't waste time with subtlety.
Auburn, California's Those Who Live in Death formed in 2025, making them one of the newest entries in the American black metal underground. Drawing from the genre's traditional arsenal of blast-beaten fury and bleak atmosphere, the project is still in its nascent stages but arrives with a name that signals death-fixated intent.
Depressive black metal act from Burgas, Bulgaria, named for the ancient Egyptian deity of knowledge and writing. The project released two EPs and maintains a presence on Bandcamp, with tracks like 'Waiting for You' and 'From the Abyss of Dungeons of Darkness' reflecting the isolation-drenched aesthetic typical of the depressive black metal subgenre. Thoth functions as a solo or minimal-lineup project operating squarely within the more introspective and despairing wing of Bulgarian black metal.
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