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DeathFusion plays black/death metal from Norway, active since 2018 and welding both genres' most extreme elements into a single, devastating alloy. Their portmanteau name describes their process — the nuclear fusion of black metal's atmosphere with death metal's brutality.
Deathgate is a death and thrash metal band from Turkey, formed in 2023. The project fuses death metal with thrash velocity.
Deathgoat is a death metal band from Hyvinkää, Finland, formed in 2020. They deliver goat-fueled death metal from the Finnish interior.
San José's Deathgrave lock death metal and grindcore into a single suffocating blast, prioritizing speed and ugliness over any sense of comfort or resolution. They've been running at maximum velocity since 2014.
Deathheim is a melodic death metal band from Sundsvall, Sweden, formed in 2018. The project channels melodic death metal from the Norrland coast.
Deathillusion is a melodic death metal band from Granada, Spain, active since 2011. They deliver melodic death metal from the foot of the Sierra Nevada.
Deathing is a death metal band from Valkeakoski, Finland, formed in 2020. They play crushing death metal from central Finland.
Deathinition is a band from Paris, France, active since 2011, whose sound evolved from death metal into heavy/thrash metal. Their stylistic shift reflects a move toward more traditional metal roots.
Deathinsection plays brutal death metal from Chelyabinsk in the Urals, active since 2013 and dissecting bodies of sound with surgical precision. Their entomological-autopsy name drives compositions that examine death with scientific detachment.
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