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Tsubo from Latina deliver death metal and grindcore named after the Japanese pressure-point concept since 2008. Nearly two decades from the Lazio plain channels Eastern martial-arts philosophy through Western extremity.
Hard rock and heavy metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2018, delivering the forceful, hook-driven sound the city's hard rock scene has long been known for.
Atlanta, Georgia act formed in 2020, fusing black metal's corrosive tremolo assault with the confrontational aggression of hardcore punk — a combination central to the blackened hardcore movement gaining traction in the American underground.
Tu Carne is a goregrind band from Alicante, Spain, formed in 2017. Their name meaning "your flesh," they deliver visceral goregrind from the Mediterranean coast.
Celtic folk metal band from Varginha, Minas Gerais, founded in 1995 under the name Pendragon before adopting their current name, which references the mythological Irish divine race. Their third album Tingaralatingadun (2001) established their signature mix of heavy metal and traditional Celtic instrumentation, followed by Trova di Danú (2004) on Paradoxx Music, Dawn of the New Sun (2015) after an eleven-year gap between releases, and In Nomine Éireann (2019), which consists almost entirely of traditional Irish songs arranged for metal instrumentation.
Tuathail is a raw black metal project from England, active since 2011. The act channels primitive, lo-fi black metal with an unpolished aesthetic and bleak atmosphere.
Black metal band from Madison, Wisconsin, formed in 2017 and taking their name from the biblical figure of ancient metalworking, applying that mythological weight to a raw and uncompromising black metal sound.
Tuesday the Sky is a solo project launched in 2016 by Jim Matheos, guitarist and primary composer for progressive metal band Fates Warning. The project produces largely instrumental music that draws from ambient, post-rock, and electronica — citing influences such as Brian Eno, Boards of Canada, and Explosions in the Sky — and stands in marked contrast to Matheos's heavier main band work. Three albums have been released: Drift (2017), The Blurred Horizon (2021), and Indoor Enthusiast (2025), all through Metal Blade Records.
Baltimore, Maryland crossover thrash band active since 1997, one of the longer-running acts in the local scene, grinding out a blend of thrash metal and hardcore punk energy with a veteran's consistency.
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