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Death Bringer is a melodic death metal band from León, Spain, formed in 2015. They deliver powerful melodic death metal from the historic Castilian city.
Las Vegas brutal death metal act Death by Axotomy take their name from the surgical severing of a nerve — and that clinical brutality is exactly what their music delivers. Since 2015 the band has channeled punishing low-end slams and relentless blasting into some of Nevada's most technically demanding extreme metal.
Chicago's Death by Design crash thrash metal and hardcore together in the tradition of the city's storied aggressive music scene, built for maximum velocity and pit destruction. Formed in 2025, they represent a new generation of Midwest crossover heaviness.
Death by Dissonance is a deathcore act from Ludwigsburg, active since 2017 and weaponizing dissonant harmonics and crushing breakdowns into a punishing sonic assault. Their name is both a mission statement and a warning: this music kills through harmonic discord.
Death by Exile is a death metal band from the Dülmen/Coesfeld area of Germany, formed in 2017. They deliver punishing death metal forged in the Westphalian underground.
Death Calm is a death/thrash metal band from Niittylahti, Finland, emerging in 2025. They deliver paradoxically named aggression through death and thrash metal.
Death Can Wait is a death and groove metal band from Enniscorthy, Ireland, formed in 2020. The band fuse the heaviness of death metal with the rhythmic punch of groove metal.
Death Certificate is a death metal band from Golbey, France, formed in 2024. They deliver certified death metal from the Vosges region.
Death Chamber is a death metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2019. They play claustrophobic, suffocating death metal with relentless intensity.
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