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Descend is a melodic thrash and death metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2007. The band combine the precision of thrash metal with melodic death metal sensibility in their Greek extreme metal output.
Descendant of Odin is a melodic death metal band from Bedford, England, formed in 2020. They channel Norse mythology through melodic death metal.
Descending is a melodic death, groove metal, and metalcore band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2019. The band blend melodic death metal hooks with groove-heavy riffing and metalcore breakdowns.
Descending Void is a death and doom metal band from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, formed in 2012. The project merges death metal with doom metal's weight from the Volga region.
Kansas City's Descension have been weaving together gothic, black, and death metal since 2012, creating a dense, atmospheric sound that draws equally from melodic darkness and aggressive extremity. The combination gives their music a brooding cinematic quality uncommon in the Missouri underground.
Descent into Maelstrom is a melodic death metal band from Piacenza, Italy, formed in 2017 by Andrea Bignardi. The project's distinctive approach fuses metal intensity with dodecaphonic twelve-tone compositional techniques, creating an ambitious marriage of avant-garde classical theory and heavy music.
Descent to Destruction is a black and death metal band from Malmo, Sweden, formed in 2025. The project merges black metal with death metal from southern Sweden.
Louisville, Kentucky's Descention have developed a distinctive hybrid since 2010, layering death metal aggression over the churning, down-tuned foundation of groove and sludge metal. The combination draws on Louisville's well-established sludge traditions while pushing into heavier, more abrasive territory.
Descerebration is a death metal band from Minas Gerais, Brazil, originating in Três Pontas and later associated with Varginha, known for brutal death metal executed with technical precision. Their discography spans releases including the EP "Diabolical Grinder" (1999), the full-length "Underground Victory" (2001) on Mutilation Records, "The Crusaders 666 X" (2005), and "Blasphemy Desecration" (2021) through Brutaller Records and DFL Records.
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