Thank you for your patience - I had to drive jingle.daughter to work today.
Good effort at the misdirection, Chef... but once guessed correctly, I'm taking the approach of 'a card laid is a card played'. Plus, Freewill no longer suits.
??: Animate - Threshold (5)
??: M_t____ - Soul__t_s
??: _r___ell - M_ _o____t__o_s
??: Xerosync - Torn Asunder to Sand (4)
??: Hordes in Exile - The Emptiness In Which You Hide (2)
??: ____e__er_ - S____ll
??: Legacy Pilots - True Spirit (1)
Star o' Lones (1): Tellus Requiem - Delusioned Mind (3)
??: Se_l - _r___
??: _esse _oo_ - _____o_ Tr_ste
Letters guessed: TULROSEM
Dr. DTVT
Evermind
Indiscipline
King
Litho
Puppies
Stadler
TAC
Wolfking