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Deviser is a veteran thrash and death metal band founded in Crete, Greece in 1989 and now based in Athens, with over thirty-five years of history in the purest metal tradition. Their discography includes Unspeakable Cults (2019), Transmission to Chaos, and Evil Summons Evil (2023), all channeling their signature mixture of aggression and melody.
Devlsy is a post-black metal band from Vilnius, active since 2014 and expanding black metal's palette through atmospheric textures, clean passages, and dynamic songwriting. Their sound channels the Baltic melancholy of Lithuania's long winters into expansive, emotionally resonant compositions that move far beyond genre conventions.
Devoid of Light is a black metal band from the Avaré/Piraju region of São Paulo state, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band pursues themes of occultism and blasphemy within the Brazilian black metal underground, and is associated with the Culto ao Metal Distro label.
Devoider is a black and thrash metal band from Pesaro, Italy, formed in 2021. The project fuses the rawness of black metal with thrash metal's relentless velocity.
Devolution is a death/black metal band from Toulouse in southern France, formed in 2021 and channeling reverse evolution — de-evolution — into savage, primal extreme metal. Their name's suggestion of regression to a baser state matches music stripped of all refinement in favor of raw aggression.
Devorator is a black metal band from Samara, Russia, formed in 2013. The project channels dark black metal from the Volga region.
Devorzhum is a black metal band from Poznan, Poland, formed in 2023. The project channels dark black metal from the Greater Poland capital.
Ocean City, New Jersey's Devotee have been practicing cold, unadorned black metal since 2018 — a striking contrast to the boardwalk resort town they call home. Their work draws on the genre's most austere traditions, finding bleakness in an unlikely coastal setting.
Devotio is a black metal band from Parma, Italy, formed in 2011. The project delivers dark and ritualistic black metal from the Emilia-Romagna underground.
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