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Demonic Laughter is a black metal band from Lucera, in the Foggia province of Puglia, Italy, formed in 2007. One of the longer-running black metal acts in southern Italy, the project delivers raw and unholy black metal from the Apulian underground.
Demonic Obedience is a death/black metal band originally from Greece, now based in Edinburgh, Scotland, active since 2014. They channel Hellenic darkness through Edinburgh's cold streets.
Demonic Slaughter is a black metal band from Wroclaw, Bielsko-Biala, and Lublin, Poland, formed in 2007. The project delivers dark and ritualistic black metal from across Poland.
Demonic Temple is a black metal band from Bogatynia, Poland, formed in 2018. The project channels dark and occult black metal from the far southwestern corner of Poland.
Demonic War is a black/death metal band from El Prat de Llobregat, Spain, formed in 2020. They wage extreme metal warfare from the Barcelona metropolitan area.
Demonik Torture is a blackened death metal project from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, built around the duo of Grand Magus Proximus on instruments and Magnus Severus Blasphemer on vocals. Their 2022 demo Hellfukk is a raw, stripped-down exercise in black/death brutality with no pretense to polish.
Demonikus is a black/death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2018. The band deliver intense, dark extreme metal drawing from both black and death metal traditions within the Hellenic scene.
Demonist is a black metal band from Orlova, Czech Republic, emerging in 2023 with their self-titled debut EP. Their sound channels the raw aggression and darkness of the black metal tradition through a Czech underground perspective.
Demonium is a melodic black/death metal band from Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, operating in Republika Srpska's south. Their Bandcamp catalog, including Hand of Satan and Sapiens Dominabitur Astris, reflects a project that navigates between melody and extremity in the tradition of Scandinavian-influenced Eastern European black metal.
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