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Turisas was founded in 1997 in Hämeenlinna, Finland by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström, taking their name from an ancient Finnish god of war. The band plays a bombastic form of folk and symphonic metal drawing on Finnish mythology and history, brought to international attention with debut album Battle Metal (2004) on Century Media. Their theatrical visual presentation — war paint, battle costumes — became as integral to their identity as the band's large ensemble arrangements.
Turkana is a heavy metal band from Jaén, Spain, formed in 2023. Named after the African lake, they play traditional heavy metal from the Andalusian olive country.
Turkey Vulture is a stoner-doom band from Milford, Connecticut, formed in 2019, combining the hazy psychedelia of stoner metal with the funeral pace and weight of doom.
Turmoil is a San Francisco thrash metal band formed in 1994, carrying on the Bay Area's thrash legacy with over three decades of uncompromising riff-driven metal.
Turn Cold is a crossover thrash band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2021, merging the urgent aggression of hardcore punk with Bay Area-influenced thrash riffing.
Turn the Tide is a groove metal and hard rock band from Lansing, Michigan, formed in 2013, built around heavy syncopated rhythms, crunching guitar work, and accessible song structures.
Turncloak is a folk and Viking metal band from Palmerton, Pennsylvania, formed in 2014, incorporating folk instrumentation and Norse-inspired themes into a foundation of traditional heavy metal.
Turned to Stone is a melodic death metal band from Salt Lake City, Utah, formed in 2013, combining Scandinavian-influenced melodic riffing with the heaviness and aggression of classic death metal.
Turner is a Texas heavy metal band formed in 2006, operating within the straightforward tradition of classic heavy metal with a regional underground presence.
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