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Demenseed is a progressive death metal band from Grenoble, France, active since 2010. They plant seeds of progressive death metal from the French Alps.
Dement is a melodic death metal band from Bursa, Turkey, formed in 2023. The project delivers emotionally charged melodic death metal.
Sacramento's Dementia started out in the stoner and heavy metal tradition before pivoting toward nu-metal as their sound evolved over the years. Formed in 2013, they represent the California underground's tendency to absorb and recombine influences across metal's many stylistic eras.
West Winfield, New York's Demential deal in brutal death metal from the rural upstate region, far from the polished club circuit — a geographic isolation that seems to inform the uncompromising density of their sound. Since 2019, they've pursued the most extreme end of the death metal spectrum with single-minded purpose.
Dementor is a death metal band from Puchov, Slovakia, formed in 2021. The project channels aggressive death metal from the Trencin region.
Dementors are a death/thrash metal band from Santiago, Chile, whose lyrics explore themes of blasphemy, violence, and dementia. The band appeared on the 2013 split release Evil Reincarnation alongside Santiago black/speed metal act Evil Force, with their tracks recorded and mixed by Jose Jara at Mazazor Studios in Santiago.
Demenz is a death metal band from Düren, Germany, formed in 2019. They deliver disorienting, heavy death metal with unrelenting aggression.
Demenzia is a death metal and doom metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, active since 2005 with a catalog spanning multiple EPs and full-lengths including 'Machinima' and 'Different Seasons.' Their sound merges melodic death metal sensibilities with crushing doom passages.
Las Vegas's Demesic have been navigating the bleak crossroads of black and death metal since 2009, pulling from both traditions to create something that feels appropriately suited to a city of extremes. The desert heat and neon despair of their surroundings seem to bleed into the atmospherics of their blackened death assault.
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