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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.
Demonolith plays death metal from Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia's Far East, active since 1993 and one of the longest-running death metal acts east of the Urals. Over three decades they've maintained an extreme metal presence in a remote Pacific city built by Stalinist labor.
Demonology is a death/thrash metal band from Huddersfield, England, emerging in 2025. They study demonology through fierce death/thrash from West Yorkshire.
Demonomantic is a black and death metal band from Sweden, formed in 2021. The project merges black metal with death metal.
Demonraised plays black/death metal from Lisbon, active since 2012 and summoning infernal power through the fusion of both genres' most aggressive elements. Their demon-summoning name suits music designed to raise hell through blast beats and tremolo-driven darkness.
Demonry is a brutal death metal band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2020. The project delivers crushing and savage brutal death metal from the Piedmontese underground scene.
Ruthless Death Metal from Dallas.
Demonstride is a melodic black and death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2009. The project channels atmospheric extreme metal from the west coast.
Demoralized is a death metal and grindcore band from Reykjavik, Iceland, formed in 2016. The band deliver relentless extreme metal from the small but vibrant Icelandic metal scene.
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