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Diocletian are a war metal band from Auckland, New Zealand, formed in 2004 and active since. Drawing heavily from the raw, violent template established by Blasphemy and Beherit, the band deploys blackened death metal of relentless intensity. Their debut full-length Doom Cult (2009) established their reputation in the underground, and Gesundrian (2014) earned placement on Pitchfork's best metal albums list for that year. A 2024 album, Inexorable Nexus, marked their continued activity.
Diogenes BCE plays melodic death/sludge metal from Holmestrand, formed in 2022 and named after the ancient Greek cynic philosopher. Their philosophical namesake's rejection of material comfort translates into music that refuses easy pleasures, merging melodic death metal's hooks with sludge's abrasive weight.
Dionisyan is a death and doom metal band from Palermo, Sicily, formed in 2021. The project merges death metal's brutality with doom metal's suffocating weight in a dark Sicilian metal experience.
Diononesiste is a death metal band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2005. The project's provocative Italian name, meaning 'God does not exist,' underscores its anti-religious death metal stance from the Piedmontese underground.
Dionysius is a melodic death and doom metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2011. The band merge the melodic aggression of death metal with the crushing weight of doom.
Diorese is a death metal and goregrind band from Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, whose lyrics in Portuguese explore the culture, rituals, and myths of ancient anthropophagic indigenous peoples. The band released their album "O Derramamento de Sangue Continuará" (The Bloodshed Will Continue) in December 2012. Their lineup consists of Hygor Cypriani on bass and vocals, Jorge Castro on guitars and backing vocals, and Luciano "Psycohorror" on drums.
Dios is a death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2009. Their name meaning 'god,' they play crushing death metal from the Catalan capital.
Dioxine is a death/thrash metal band from Le Mans, France, formed in 2015. They deliver toxic death/thrash from western France.
Diphosgene is a black/death metal and grindcore band from the Black Country region of England, formed in 2025 with a thematic focus on World War I chemical warfare. Their releases include a demo and the Diphosgene Attack EP, drawing lyrical inspiration from the historical deployment of their namesake poison gas.
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