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Dubiosis is a death metal band from the Gera/Jena area of Germany, active since 2013. They play intense death metal from Thuringia's underground.
Out of Toms River, New Jersey since 2013, Due for Extinction have carved out a lane in the overlap between technical death metal and deathcore, where surgical precision and sheer sonic punishment coexist. Over a decade into their run they have refined an approach that prizes complexity without sacrificing weight. They are one of the more durable acts in Jersey's extreme metal community.
Dugout plays death metal from Zeya and later Blagoveshchensk in Russia's Amur Oblast on the Chinese border, active since 2011. Their military-trench name drives compositions of focused aggression from one of Russia's most remote Far Eastern outposts.
Duhomor is a brutal death metal project from Burgas, Bulgaria, rooted in old-school death metal ferocity. Their 2021 debut 'Mrakoblesie (Obscurantism)' delivers ten tracks of punishing, unrelenting brutality across fifty minutes.
Dulcamara is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Toledo, Spain, active since 2013. Named after the bittersweet nightshade, they blend melodic beauty with metalcore's intensity.
Dulcedo Odii is a black and death metal band from Leszno, Poland, formed in 2025. The project's Latin name, meaning 'Sweetness of Hatred,' reflects its dark extreme metal approach.
Dulia is a black and death metal band from Sicily, Italy, formed in 2024. The project merges black metal's darkness with death metal's brutality from the Sicilian underground.
Dull is a band from Duisburg, Germany, whose sound evolved from technical death metal into groove/thrash metal. Their progression reflects a shift from technical complexity toward rhythmic heaviness.
Dullboozer is a death/thrash metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2014. They deliver heavy death/thrash from the Catalan capital.
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