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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Head Cage (2018)
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The Second Coming (1988)
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Cincinnati heavy metal band Thruster formed in 2020 with a straightforward commitment to the classic genre fundamentals — crunching riffs, driving rhythms, and the no-frills conviction that made heavy metal a Midwest staple.
Fargo, North Dakota's Thrållfrost have been practicing an isolated, atmospheric strain of black metal since 2017, their sound shaped by the desolation of the northern plains into something bleak and unrelenting.
Atlanta-based Thuastur have pursued a raw, uncompromising strain of black metal since 2018, working in the underground where atmosphere and aggression converge without concession to accessibility or polish.
Washington state's Thud have been stirring doom, thrash, and stoner influences into a combustible mix since 2016, their Bandcamp presence under the name Songs for Children suggesting a sardonic sensibility beneath the genre-blending heaviness.
San Francisco death metal outfit Thud Bukit formed in 2020 and have been contributing to the Bay Area's long-running tradition of brutal, technically literate death metal — a scene defined by decades of uncompromising extremity.
Woodstock, Georgia's Thulcandra have been crafting raw black metal since 2010, operating deep in the Southern underground with a sound that favors primitive intensity and atmospheric darkness over production polish.
Wilmington, California's Thulcandra take raw black metal to its most unvarnished extreme, honing a deliberately lo-fi, confrontational approach since 2010 that strips the genre down to its most hostile and primitive elements.
Thumos, active since 2018, work the intersection of progressive doom and post-metal with a measured, philosophical approach — their name drawn from the classical Greek concept of spirited passion — building expansive compositions that reward patient listening.
Clearwater, Florida's Thunder have been channeling the melodic sweep and galloping energy of heavy and power metal since 2010, bringing a sun-state directness to a style that thrives on anthemic hooks and muscular guitar work.
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