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Thunder Bay from Offenbach near Frankfurt deliver melodic heavy metal with the rolling power their Great Lakes-referencing name suggests since 2011. Over a decade of activity from the Rhine-Main area has produced anthemic, riff-driven metal with strong melodic hooks.
San Diego's Thunder Demon have been operating at the thrash-black crossroads since 2014, injecting black metal's cold malice into a thrash framework that keeps the energy volatile and the attack relentless.
Thunder Dome is a heavy metal band from Mantua in Lombardy, formed in 2025. Their apocalyptic name promises powerful heavy metal from the Renaissance city on the Mincio River.
Heavy metal band from Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, formed in 2014, with members Leonardo Fernandes, Matheus Regalin, Julio Chagas Pitthan, Lucas Lamaison, and Carlo Stella. The band released the full-length Iron Fist of Lord on December 14, 2016, an 11-track album produced independently, preceded by the albums Way of Steel (August 2014) and Crusade (August 2016).
Sabbath-worship heavy psych doom formed in 2018. Released multiple albums through Ripple Music including the live album 'Dead Alive in Texas'.
Thunder Rage is a progressive power metal band from Santiago, Chile, founded in 2013 by composer and guitarist Francisco Pérez as a solo project before expanding to a trio with guitarist Nitay González and bassist Cristóbal Guzmán. The band released their debut full-length The Beginning of Chaos in 2023 and are listed as unsigned on Metal Archives.
Thunder Rage is a progressive power metal band from Santiago, Chile, founded in 2013 by composer and guitarist Francisco Pérez as a solo project before expanding to a trio with guitarist Nitay González and bassist Cristóbal Guzmán. The band released their debut full-length The Beginning of Chaos in 2023 and are listed as unsigned on Metal Archives.
Originally formed as Megahertz in 1988 in Tirana, Thunder Way rebranded in 1992 and released their sole album "The Order Executors" the following year, recorded in Skopje, Macedonia. The power/speed metal band won first place at the Albanian rock festival in 1995 before dissolving, then reunited in 2023 with a new lineup and concept.
Boston doom metal outfit Thunderbear have been grinding out slow, heavy-handed dirges since 2016, adding a New England stoicism to the genre's familiar landscape of crushing tempos and thick, distorted guitar tones.
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