San Bernardino's Tower Guard, active since 2021, fuse the melodic sweep of Gothenburg-style death metal with the soaring choruses and compositional ambition of power metal, crafting a sound that is simultaneously aggressive and anthemic.

Boston's Tower of Babel, formed in 2014, work in the tradition of epic heavy and power metal, delivering the kind of larger-than-life riffs and anthemic songwriting that has defined the genre's most theatrical wing.

Out of the small coastal enclave of Baywood-Los Osos, California, Toxic Wizard collapse genre walls with reckless abandon, fusing sludge heaviness, grindcore violence, power metal theatrics, and experimental noise into a deliberately unclassifiable whole since 2016.

Chicago's Tracer X emerged in 2017 with a focus on heavy and power metal, bringing soaring vocal lines and twin-guitar arrangements to the Midwest's enduring metal scene.

Springfield, Missouri's Tragedy blend death and thrash metal into a visceral and aggressive combination since 2018, pushing the boundaries of both styles with punishing rhythms and caustic riffing.

A heavy and power metal outfit from San Mateo, California, Tramontane bring a classic European flavor to the Bay Area scene — soaring vocals, twin guitar harmonies, and a knack for epic song structures rooted in the NWOBHM tradition.

San Francisco's Trauma draw from the city's storied metal heritage, reviving the power and speed metal traditions of the Bay Area with anthemic riffs and a high-octane approach that recalls the scene's 1980s heyday.

Colorado Springs heavy and power metal act Trevor Lane have been active since 2016, delivering melodic metal with traditional underpinnings that evoke the sweeping ambition of the genre's classic era. Their home in the shadow of the Rockies suits a sound that aims for the monumental.

Trial by Fire is a progressive/power metal band from Red Bluff, California, formed in 2019, blending soaring melodic vocals and complex song structures within the classic power metal framework.