TrenchKnife is a death metal band from Limerick, Ireland, formed in 2014. They deliver punishing death metal with a raw, aggressive edge from Ireland's midwest.

Trendkiller from the tiny Hunsrück village of Hunzel play heavy metal that rebels against musical fashion, delivering uncompromising traditional metal since 2012. Their anti-trend name reflects a stubborn commitment to classic metal values from the rural Rhineland-Palatinate highlands.

Trepalium formed in Boismé, France in 2001, developing a death metal style inflected with groove, progressive structures, and jazz and blues elements that placed them within the eclectic wing of the French extreme metal scene. Their debut Through the Absurd (2004) was produced by Joe Duplantier of Gojira, establishing a connection to the broader French extreme metal network sometimes referred to as the Konosphere. Alchemik Clockwork of Disorder (2006) and XIII (2009) followed, each leaning further into the band's genre-blending approach. Trepalium remained active through 2024, over two decades of consistently unconventional extreme metal.

Trepanated is a thrash/death metal/metalcore band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2016. They combine thrash and death metal's extremity with metalcore dynamics.

Trepanation Process from Rennes deliver progressive death metal named after the ancient surgical practice of drilling holes in the skull since 2019. Their neurosurgical concept drives technically demanding compositions from the Breton capital.

Trepanator from Poitiers deliver death metal with the cranial-drilling intensity of their namesake surgical instrument since 2016. A decade of skull-boring compositions from the western French university city has produced relentless, penetrating brutality.

Friesland's Trepidation deliver death metal from the rural northern Netherlands, channeling the province's windswept isolation into heavy, unrelenting compositions since 2020. Their remote Frisian origins add a geographic distinctiveness to their brand of extremity.

Trepán is a thrash metal band from Nyíregyháza, Hungary, active since 2004. As a veteran of the Hungarian thrash scene, they deliver aggressive riff-driven thrash with over two decades of experience.

Trest channel black metal from somewhere in Germany under a name derived from Slavic languages meaning 'comfort' or 'consolation,' an ironic banner for their hostile sound since 2019. Their anonymous, location-hidden approach embodies the isolationist tradition of the genre.