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Dead Bodies Everywhere (2021)
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Metallica (Remastered Deluxe Box Set) (2021)
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Featured Groove Metal Album
Outside The Box (2021)
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Trials and Memories is an epic power metal band from Modesto, California, formed in 2011, crafting sweeping, anthem-driven compositions in the grand tradition of heroic power metal.
Tribes of Neurot is the ambient/experimental side project of Neurosis members, based in Oakland, California, and active since 1999, releasing dense, ritualistic dark ambient and noise works that serve as sonic companions to the Neurosis catalog.
Trichomoniasis is a brutal death metal band from California, formed in 2019, delivering the dense, gore-laden extremity and punishing blast-beat-driven aggression characteristic of the brutal death metal subgenre.
Trick or Treat is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2025, drawing on classic metal and rock traditions from one of America's most storied hard rock scenes.
TriggerEffect is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Lodi, California, formed in 2007, rooted in straightforward guitar-driven rock and metal from the Central Valley.
Trilobite is a groove metal and metalcore band from Beaumont, California, formed in 2011, blending the rhythmic punch of groove metal with the structural intensity and breakdowns of metalcore.
Trip to the Morgue is a crossover thrash band from Victorville, California, formed in 2016, blending the speed and bite of old-school thrash with hardcore punk ferocity.
Tripas Sangrientas is a goregrind band from West Covina, California, formed in 2023, dealing in the visceral, low-tuned carnage of gore-obsessed grindcore.
Trollfat is a California-based blackened heavy metal act formed in 2024, fusing the raw aggression of black metal with the driving, riff-forward energy of traditional heavy metal.
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