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Drenched in Gasoline is a death and industrial metal band from Jarfalla, Sweden, formed in 2011. The project blends death metal with industrial intensity.
Houston's Dreogan entered the death metal scene in 2019 with the grim focus of a band that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish. Drawing from the deep well of the genre's traditions, they craft brutal, technically competent death metal that taps into the long-running Texas tradition of punishing extremity.
Drex Wiln plays melodic death metal from Volgodonsk in Rostov Oblast, formed in 2025 and bringing fresh melodic aggression to the southern Russian extreme metal scene. Their cryptic name adds mystery to accessible, hook-laden melodeath.
Dreyra is a melodic death/black metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2023. They deliver bleeding melodic extremity from Finland's industrial heartland.
Drift of Genes is a brutal death metal band from Debaltseve, Ukraine, formed in 2012. The project delivers punishing brutal death metal from the Donbas region.
Drill Star Autopsy is a death/groove metal band from Eisleben, Germany, formed in 2018. They combine death metal's brutality with groove metal's rhythmic drive.
Drillworm started as a death/groove metal act in Kazan before shifting toward thrash metal and hardcore. Active since 2015, their parasitic name and genre evolution speak to a restless creativity that refuses to settle in one sonic body.
Dripback is a death metal, grindcore, and hardcore band from London, active since 2011 and self-described as delivering "hardcore / death / grind fury." Their 2020 album Blessed with Less Than Nothing was produced and mastered by Russ Russell with executive production by Nicholas H. Barker, pressed on vinyl through 4Family Records in a first run of 300 copies.
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