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Chicago's Dead to Fall blend melodic death metal hooks with metalcore aggression, forging a sound that bridges Scandinavian riff sensibility with American heaviness. Formed in 2020, they carry on a tradition of midwest brutality wrapped in melodic tension.
Dead to Me is a black and death metal band from the Netherlands, formed in 2006. The project delivers dark and aggressive extreme metal from the Dutch underground.
Dead to Sin is a death/thrash metal band from the Lancaster/Morecambe area of England, active since 2012. They deliver fierce death/thrash from the Lancashire coast.
Atlanta's Dead to the World fuse the melodic sweep of Gothenburg-style death metal with metalcore intensity, channeling Southern urgency into anthemic yet punishing songs. Since 2017, they've been one of Georgia's more compelling entries in the melodic extreme metal scene.
Dead Tongue is a death metal band from Padua, Italy, formed in 2016. The project delivers crushing death metal aggression from the Veneto underground scene.
Dead Trails is a death/thrash metal band from Salisbury, England, formed in 2017. They blaze dead trails through death/thrash from Wiltshire.
Houston's Dead Trip have been grinding out uncompromising death metal since 2004, rooted in the Texas tradition of no-frills brutality and bone-dry aggression. Two decades in, they remain a fixture of the city's underground extreme music community.
Dead Twilight is a brutal death metal project from Palermo, Sicily, originally born in 2004 and reformed in 2015. With albums like 'Endless Torment' and 'About The Prophecy,' the project channels relentless death metal ferocity from the Sicilian underground.
Out of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Dead upon Arrival arrived in 2023 with a sound anchored in brutal deathcore — monstrous gutturals, pulverizing breakdowns, and death metal technicality all bearing down at once. Young and merciless, they're already making noise in the northeast extreme scene.
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