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Deathkin is a black/death metal band from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2016. They forge extreme metal kinship through black and death metal.
Deathkult Dominion is a death/black metal band from Germany, emerging in 2025. They channel the darkest extremes of both death and black metal into a savage sonic ritual.
Deathlegion plays blackened death metal from Aveiro on Portugal's central coast, active since 2019. Their militant formation name suits compositions that march through extreme metal with the disciplined ferocity of an invading force.
Cincinnati's Deathless have been sharpening a direct, aggressive thrash metal approach since 2019 — fast, undecorated, and built on the blue-collar Midwest work ethic that tends to produce bands with real staying power.
Nashville's Deathless bring melodic death metal to a city better known for country and commercial rock, threading melody through genuine aggression with the focus of a band that knows exactly what it wants to sound like. Active since 2019.
Deathless Void is an Amsterdam-based death/black metal act formed in 2022, conjuring the infinite emptiness their name describes through crushing extreme metal. Their fusion of death and black metal creates a sound as vast and merciless as the cosmic void itself.
Deathline is a death, heavy, and thrash metal band from Poltava, Ukraine, formed in 2008. The project blends multiple metal styles from central Ukraine.
Deathmace is a death/thrash metal band from York, England, formed in 2018. They wield death/thrash from the historic Viking city.
Founded in 2020 amid Boston's hard-edged underground, Deathmaker deals in straightforward, no-frills death metal built on crushing mid-paced riffs and guttural aggression. Their approach owes more to the old-school US tradition than to any modern trend-chasing.
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