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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Derhead is an avant-garde black metal and industrial project from Genoa, Italy, founded in 2001 by Giorgio Barroccu. With six releases blending post-black metal, industrial textures, and noise improvisation, the project draws thematic inspiration from Dostoevsky while incorporating analogue synthesizers and experimental elements.
Dernier Martyr is an avant-garde and progressive metal project from Greece, formed in 2023. The project pushes the boundaries of metal through experimental compositions and unconventional structures.
Devar plays avant-garde metal from Bergen, active since 2009 and pushing metal's boundaries through unconventional compositions from a city renowned for its adventurous music scene. Their exploratory approach treats the genre as a starting point for experimentation rather than a destination.
Devenial Verdict is a death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2022, whose sound evolved into avant-garde death metal territory. They push death metal boundaries with experimental ambition.
Diablo Swing Orchestra is an avant-garde metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2010. The project brilliantly fuses metal with swing, jazz, and orchestral elements in a genre-defying theatrical experience.
An avant-garde black metal entity from Antwerp signed to Brucia Records, Dissolve Patterns released their self-titled debut in April 2022 and earned attention for merging black metal aggression with progressive structures, jazz influences, and the cello of bandmember Annabel as a central melodic voice. Their lyrics draw on ancient symbolism, folkloric tales, and goddess-centered imagery, threading conceptual depth through a relentlessly harrowing sonic assault.
Dodecahedron is an avant-garde black metal act from Tilburg, active since 2015 and named after the twelve-faced Platonic solid. Their geometric reference suits music that approaches black metal from multiple angles simultaneously, creating disorienting, mathematically complex compositions that challenge genre conventions.
Dol Amroth is a Greek project from Athens that has evolved through multiple genres, from black metal and ambient through avant-garde folk rock to electronic and EDM. The project's stylistic diversity reflects a restless creative vision spanning extreme metal and experimental music.
Dreams of the Drowned is an avant-garde/black metal band from Évreux, France, active since 2008. They push black metal into avant-garde territory with nearly two decades of experimentation.
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