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The Jester Race

The Jester Race is the second studio album by Swedish band In Flames, released in 1996, and a defining work of Gothenburg melodic death metal.

The Kovenant

The Kovenant, formerly Covenant, is a Norwegian metal band formed in 1993 by Nagash and Blackheart, known for symphonic black metal album Nexus Polaris (1998, Spellemannsprisen winner) and later industrial albums Animatronic and SETI, reunited since 2024.

The New Order (music)

The New Order is a 1988 thrash metal album by Testament, its second, released on Megaforce/Atlantic and home to Into the Pit and Disciples of the Watch.

The Regent Theater (music)

The Regent Theater is a standing-room music venue in downtown Los Angeles's Bank District, reopened in 2014 in a restored 1914 movie palace and operated by Mitchell Frank's Spaceland.

The Ruins of Beverast

The Ruins of Beverast is a German one-man atmospheric black and doom metal project founded in 2003 in Aachen by Alexander von Meilenwald, formerly the drummer of Nagelfar.

The Southern River Band

The Southern River Band, also known as The SRB, is an Australian rock band from Thornlie, Perth, formed in 2013, playing 1970s-style pub rock and topping the ARIA charts.

The Sword

The Sword is an American heavy metal band formed in Austin, Texas, in 2003, also called Sword of Doom early on. Known for retro doom metal (Age of Winters, Gods of the Earth), the sci-fi concept album Warp Riders, and Apocryphon's #17 Billboard debut.

The Word Alive

The Word Alive: American metalcore band formed 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona, signed to Fearless Records; albums Deceiver (2010) through Hard Reset (2023), fronted by vocalist Telle Smith.

Therion (band)

Therion, also styled Megatherion and originally Blitzkrieg, is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987; it began as death metal, broke through with Theli (1996), recorded Vovin with a real orchestra in 1998, and released the Leviathan trilogy in 2021–2023.

Those Damn Crows

Those Damn Crows are a five-piece rock band from Bridgend, South Wales, formed in 2014 and signed to Earache Records, topping the UK Albums Chart in 2025.

Threshold (band)

Threshold are an English progressive metal band formed in Surrey in the late 1980s, centered on Karl Groom and Richard West, known for Wounded Land (1993), Hypothetical, Legends of the Shires, and rotating vocalists.

Throwdown

Throwdown is an American hardcore and metalcore band formed in 1997 in California, fronted by vocalist Dave Peters, known for Haymaker and Vendetta and for touring with Lamb of God and Hatebreed.

Thrown (band)

Thrown is a Swedish metalcore band from Stockholm known for its hip hop-influenced sound. They won Best Breakthrough Live Artist at the 2024 Heavy Music Awards.

Thy Art Is Murder

Thy Art Is Murder is an Australian deathcore band formed in 2006 in Blacktown, NSW, known for Hate (2012), the first extreme metal album in the ARIA Top 40, and albums Holy War, Dear Desolation, Human Target, and Godlike.

Thy Catafalque

Thy Catafalque is a Hungarian avant-garde metal project founded in Makó around 1998 by Tamás Kátai, blending Hungarian folk melody, electronics, and extreme metal on thirteen albums.

Tiamat (band)

Tiamat is a Swedish metal band from Täby near Stockholm, founded as Treblinka in 1987 and led by Johan Edlund; pioneers of gothic metal whose Wildhoney (1994) fused death metal with Pink Floyd before a gothic rock turn.

To the Grave (band)

To The Grave is a vegan deathcore band from Sydney, Australia, formed in 2010, fronted by vocalist Dane Evans. Albums include Global Warning (2019), Epilogue (2021), Director's Cuts (2023), Everyone's A Murderer (2024), and Liberation Front (2026) on Unique Leader and BLKIIBLK.

Today Is the Day (group)

Today Is the Day is an American noise rock and experimental metal band formed in Nashville in the early 1990s and led by guitarist Steve Austin, with fourteen studio albums.

Torche

Torche is an American stoner/sludge metal band from Miami, Florida, formed in 2004 after the breakup of Floor, known for a melodic "doom pop" sound.

Touche Amore

Touché Amoré is an American post-hardcore band formed in Los Angeles in 2007 and fronted by Jeremy Bolm, known for emotionally raw screamo on albums like Stage Four (2016).

Toxic Holocaust

Toxic Holocaust is an American speed/thrash/black metal band formed in 1999 by Joel Grind, based in Portland, Oregon, known for releases on Relapse Records and six studio albums.

Trapt

Trapt is an American hard rock band formed in 1995 in Los Gatos, California, best known for the 2002 platinum hit single "Headstrong" from their Warner Bros. debut album; later albums include Someone in Control (2005), DNA (2016), and Shadow Work (2020).

Trash Boat

Trash Boat is an English pop-punk band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, formed in 2014 and fronted by vocalist Tobi Duncan, with four studio albums on Hopeless Records from 2016 to 2024.

Tremonti (band)

Tremonti is the thrash-metal solo band of Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti, formed 2010 in Orlando, Florida. Debut All I Was (2012); later albums Cauterize, Dust, A Dying Machine, Marching in Time, The End Will Show Us How.

Triptykon

Triptykon is a Swiss extreme metal band from Zürich, formed in 2008 by Tom Gabriel Fischer of Hellhammer and Celtic Frost, blending gothic, doom, death, and black metal.

Trivium (band)

Trivium: American heavy metal band formed 1999 in Orlando, Florida, blending metalcore, thrash, and progressive metal. Led by Matt Heafy; breakthrough album Ascendancy (2005); 2026 album Crown in the Grave.

Turisas

Turisas is a Finnish folk and symphonic metal band from Hämeenlinna, formed in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström and known for coining "battle metal".

Twisted Sister

Twisted Sister: American heavy metal band formed 1972 on Long Island, New York, also known as Silver Star and Bent Brother. Led by Dee Snider from 1976, famous for Stay Hungry (1984), "We're Not Gonna Take It," and "I Wanna Rock"; since 2026 fronted by Sebastian Bach.

Type O Negative

Type O Negative: Brooklyn gothic/doom metal band formed 1990 from Carnivore's remnants by Peter Steele (died April 2010). Seven studio albums including Bloody Kisses (1993, first Roadrunner gold album) and October Rust (1996); live album due early 2027.

Týr (group)

Týr is a Faroese viking and folk metal band formed in Copenhagen in 1998 by Heri Joensen, known for setting Norse mythology and Faroese lore to traditional ballad melodies.