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Diabless is an atmospheric death metal band from Pernik, Bulgaria, active since 2013 with a self-titled debut spanning twelve tracks of sprawling, mood-driven extremity. Their longer compositions emphasize atmospheric progression alongside heavy, deliberate instrumentation.
Diablop is a black, death, and thrash metal band from Lipsko, Poland, formed in 2003. The project fuses three pillars of extreme metal from the Mazovia region.
Tampa's Diabolic are veterans of the Florida death metal scene, having carried their brutal, relentless approach to the genre from a 2001 formation into the present day. Rooted in the same soil that gave death metal its defining sound, they remain one of the Tampa scene's stubbornly active long-runners.
Portland, Oregon's Diabolic Oath have been conjuring black/death metal in the Pacific Northwest underground since 2018. Their sound traffics in the most merciless intersection of both genres — cavernous production, blasting tempos, and a total disregard for comfort or accessibility.
Diabolical Hate is an independent death metal band from Campo Grande, the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul in central-western Brazil. The band plays straightforward death metal with themes centered on death, anti-religion, and Satanism, operating without label backing in the Brazilian underground scene.
Diabolical Possession is a death metal band from Pindamonhangaba, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, playing extreme metal with strongly anti-Christian lyrical themes. The band released the demo "Caos Caos" in 2005, featuring tracks such as "Gates of Hell" and "Exorcising Jesus Christ," and has appeared on local bills alongside international acts including Cannibal Corpse. They have remained active in the Brazilian underground death metal scene since their formation.
Diabolizer is a death metal band from Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey, formed in 2012. The project delivers aggressive death metal from the Bosphorus city.
Diachronia is a black and death metal band from Bielsko-Biala, Poland, formed in 2017. The project merges black metal's darkness with death metal's aggression from the Silesian Beskids.
Diaclast is a technical death metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, formed in 2014. The project delivers technically precise death metal from the Ural capital.
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