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Donostia-San Sebastián, ES · 2014–present · active
Thor from Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque Country deliver heavy and power metal under the thunder god's banner since 2014. Their Norse deity name channels divine power through compositions that ring with the hammer-strike intensity of traditional European metal.
Hoogstraten, BE · 2011–present · active
Formed in Hoogstraten, Antwerp as Poweraid in 1983 before renaming to Thorax in 1985, this Belgian heavy metal band were active during the mid-80s boom in Belgian metal and operated as an unsigned independent act. They have since split up, leaving behind a slice of Antwerp heavy metal history from the era.
Bavaria, DE · 2015–present · active
Thore is a black/Viking metal band from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2015. They fuse Norse-themed Viking metal with black metal's cold aggression.
Freiburg im Breisgau, DE · 2013–present · active
Thoreous is a drone/doom metal band from the Freiburg/Stuttgart corridor of Germany, formed in 2013. They craft glacially paced, hypnotic drone doom that pushes heaviness to its extremes.
Bonn, DE · active
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE · 2015–present · active
Thormesis is a pagan/black metal band from Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, formed in 2015. They channel Germanic pagan traditions through raw black metal from the medieval Franconian town.
Asturias, ES · 2022–present · active
Thormënt from Asturias blend power, death, and thrash metal into a versatile extreme metal package from northwestern Spain's mountainous principality since 2022. Their multi-genre approach channels the rugged Cantabrian landscape through compositions that shift between melodic grandeur and brutal aggression.
Larissa, GR · 2013–present · active
Thorn Burial is a thrash metal band from Larissa, active since 2013. Their music delivers aggressive thrash with the sharp, piercing intensity their barbed name suggests.
Rouen, FR · 2015–present · active
Thorn in Flesh from Rouen deliver death metal and hardcore with the piercing, irritating intensity their biblical name — referencing Paul's affliction — demands since 2015. A decade of painful compositions from the Norman capital has produced music as unremovable as their namesake thorn.

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