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Depths of Hell is a death and thrash metal band from Zabrze, Poland, formed in 2025. The project fuses death metal's crushing weight with thrash metal's velocity from the Silesian underground.
Depths of Kronos plays melodic death metal from Tilburg, active since 2014 and plumbing the mythological abyss of the titan who devoured his own children. Their name's Greek-mythology depth charges carry into compositions that descend into melodic darkness.
Depths of Stygia is a groove/death metal band from Valladolid, Spain, formed in 2023. They explore the mythological river of hatred through heavy groove and death metal.
Der-Untermensch is a progressive metal band with death metal influences from Bolton, England, formed in 2019. They explore heavy philosophical themes through progressive metal.
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Deratizator is a death and thrash metal band from Slovenia, formed in 2018. The project fuses death metal with thrash velocity.
Derb is a death metal band from Bonn, Germany, formed in 2022. They play raw, heavy death metal with a straightforward, no-frills approach.
Dercetius plays melodic death metal from Lisbon, formed in 2023 and named after the pre-Roman Lusitanian deity of the mountains. Their mythological reference to Portugal's indigenous religious heritage adds a unique cultural layer to their Gothenburg-influenced melodeath.
Derelicted is a doom/death metal band from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, formed in 2020. They channel the desolation of the post-industrial Ruhr through crushing doom/death.
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