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Turning Point from Athens have been delivering heavy metal since 2000, making them one of the Athenian scene's most enduring traditional metal acts. Over a quarter century of pivotal compositions from the Greek capital.
Baltimore's Turnstile shattered every ceiling that hardcore punk had bumped against for decades, becoming the genre's first genuine crossover act of the streaming era with their 2021 album 'Glow On,' which earned universal critical acclaim and introduced hardcore to audiences who had never moshed in their lives. Brendan Yates's magnetic vocal presence and the band's willingness to incorporate shoegaze, pop, and even bossa nova textures into their hardcore foundation created something that felt both revolutionary and deeply rooted in the genre's communal spirit. Their headlining sets at mainstream festivals and a historic performance on Jimmy Fallon proved that hardcore's energy and ethos could resonate on the biggest possible stages.
Turok is a blackened death metal and hardcore band from Pompano Beach, Florida, formed in 2006, fusing the ferocity of hardcore with black and death metal extremity into a compact, violent package.
Instrumental post-metal trio from Zulte, Belgium, who combine crushing, massive riffs with sweeping melodic passages and a persistent undercurrent of melancholy. Formed over a decade ago, they have released a string of albums including Etch (2019) and Alder (2022), each building on the last with increased compositional maturity. Their third album era, including releases Pando and VEUEL in early 2026, finds the band at their most resolute and sonically expansive.
TurretHead is a deathcore band from Lincolnton, Georgia, formed in 2013, combining the breakdowns and low-tuned brutality of deathcore with death metal's technical and aggressive core.
Turrigenous is a progressive and technical thrash metal band from Long Island, New York, formed in 2008, known for intricate compositions that blend the complexity of progressive rock with thrash metal's rhythmic drive.
Turtle Wax are a Swiss thrash metal and hardcore crossover act formed in 2020, delivering fast, aggressive riffs with punk-fueled energy and breakneck tempos. Their stripped-down approach channels the raw urgency of early crossover thrash without pretension.
Tusind År Er Gået is a black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2020. Their name meaning "a thousand years have passed" in Danish, they channel ancient darkness through black metal.
Tusk is a doom and sludge metal band from Indianapolis, Indiana, formed in 2009, delivering slow, mammoth riffs soaked in distortion and rooted in the heaviest end of the sludge-doom spectrum.
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