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Druzgotor is a death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2003. One of the veteran death metal acts from the Polish capital, the project has delivered over two decades of aggression.
Dry and Shattered is a death metal band from Lausanne, Switzerland, formed in 2023 with a four-piece lineup featuring vocalist Yann Christinat and guitarist Leo Zrehen. Their debut material 'Systemic Turpitudes' channels aggressive, modern death metal through tight, focused compositions.
Dry Food for Dogs is a death metal and grindcore band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2014. The project delivers raw and visceral grinding death metal from the Piedmontese underground.
Dry Heave is a black/death metal and grindcore band from England, formed in 2014. The band merge the ferocity of black and death metal with grindcore's relentless blast-beat intensity.
Dry My Tears is a deathcore band from Rouen, France, formed in 2019. They deliver emotional deathcore from the Norman capital.
Nevada City, California's Dry Rot has been playing death metal since 2016, drawing from the style's most direct and unadorned traditions — riff-forward, brutal, and unconcerned with modernization. Operating out of a small Northern California mountain town gives them a certain outsider quality, removed from the scene politics and trends of larger urban metal centers.
Drystone is a melodic death and progressive metal band from Huddersfield, formed in 2016 by vocalist Eddy Dixon and guitarist-producer Sam Prowse, with guitarist Will Carder, bassist Matt McKay, and drummer Bob Pears. Their 2024 second EP Giants delivers five tracks of hard-hitting metalcore and melodic death metal mixed and mastered by Greg Davis.
Dryzer plays melodic death metal from Girona in Catalonia, active since 2016 and delivering the Gothenburg-influenced template of harmonized guitars and harsh vocals from the foothills of the Pyrenees. Their sound bridges Scandinavian melodeath sensibilities with the Mediterranean character of northeastern Spain.
Drzorn is a Viennese melodic death metal act whose music fuses aggressive riffing with melodic lead guitar sensibilities in the tradition of the Scandinavian scene. Their Bandcamp presence reflects a focused approach to the genre, with releases that prioritize both heaviness and memorable melody.
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