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Death Crew is a death metal and sludge metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2021. The project blends death metal with sludge weight.
Death Decline is a thrash/death metal band from Dijon, France, formed in 2015. They deliver declining thrash/death from the Burgundian capital.
Death Defy is a death-thrash metal band from Minsk, Belarus, blending death metal brutality with thrash metal velocity across releases like the 'Portal To Immortals' EP. Their dark, skull-and-blades aesthetic matches the ferocity of their musical output.
Death Delirium is a melodic death metal band from Mutschellen, Switzerland, blending the intensity of death metal with melodic hooks and accessible songwriting. Formed in 2018, their compositions balance aggression with harmonic sophistication within the Swiss metal underground.
Pennsylvania's Death Descending operate out of Du Bois, combining death metal brutality with hardcore's confrontational energy for a style rooted in aggression rather than technicality. Formed in 2023, they represent the continuing vitality of extreme metal in the Rust Belt.
Pomona, California's Death Descends emerged in 2024 fusing the suffocating density of death metal with the frost and malice of black metal, carving space in the Inland Empire's growing extreme metal underground. Their sound leans into dissonance and speed in equal measure.
Death Design is a progressive death metal band from Pori, Finland, formed in 2016. They architect death metal with progressive ambition from the Satakunta coast.
Death Dimensions is a progressive death metal band from Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain, active since 2014. They explore multiple dimensions of death metal through progressive songwriting.
Death Diver plays death metal from Moscow, formed in 2023 and plunging headfirst into the genre's deepest waters. Their name captures the suicidal commitment their music demands — a full-speed descent into crushing sonic depths.
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