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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Orange County, California's Tornadic, formed in 2023, began in thrash metal before moving toward metalcore — a shift common to Southern California bands navigating between the genre's old-school traditions and its modern, rhythm-forward evolution. Their dual-genre identity reflects the flexibility of a regional scene comfortable with aggressive crossover acts.
Tornmód is a raw black metal project from London, formed in 2019. Their Old English-flavored name reflects an approach to black metal that draws from the ancient, primal darkness of Anglo-Saxon heritage.
A New York black/thrash outfit formed in 2014, Tornádoe wields the caustic energy of first-wave black metal against a thrash backbone — primitive, fast, and deliberately abrasive.
Torogdil from Obertshausen near Frankfurt blend black, death, and pagan metal under a Tolkien-derived name since 2012. Their multi-genre approach combines Middle-earth-inspired mythology with extreme metal ferocity from the Hessian Rhine-Main region.
Eden Prairie, Minnesota's Torok plays traditional heavy metal with a hard rock edge, carrying on the classic American metal tradition since their formation in 2016.
Torpedo from Zurich ride the blackened speed metal revival with whiplash tempos and scorched vocals that recall the first-wave intensity of Bathory and early Sodom. Since 2019, they have been forging a sound rooted in the reckless velocity where black metal and speed metal first collided.
Torpedo Dude is a stoner metal/rock band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2018. They deliver heavy, groove-laden stoner rock and metal.
Torpor is a sludge/doom/post-metal band from London, active since 2015. Their music builds from the heaviest depths of sludge and doom into the atmospheric dynamics of post-metal, creating immersive and physically overwhelming sonic experiences.
Torpore is a sludge/doom metal band from Catania, Sicily, active since 2016. Their Italian name, meaning 'torpor' or 'numbness,' captures the heavy, consciousness-altering weight of their sludge and doom from the shadow of Etna.
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