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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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A fresh arrival from Lawton, Oklahoma, Damned from Mankind weld brutal death metal's savagery to sludge's oppressive low-end drag, forging something uncomfortably heavy out of the collision. The band emerged in 2025 with a sound that sounds like a slow collapse.
Damned Ritual is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Pamplona, Spain, formed in 2017. They combine melodic hooks with the ferocity of death and thrash from Navarre.
Seattle's Damned to Death arrived in 2020 fusing the cold savagery of black metal with death metal's grinding brutality, drawing on the Pacific Northwest's long tradition of underground extremity. The result is music designed to erode, not merely assault.
Damned to Downfall started as a death metal act in Sweden before incorporating industrial elements into their sound. Active since 2020, their genre evolution adds mechanical, electronic textures to an already punishing death metal foundation.
Damnull plays thrash/death metal from Ovar in the Aveiro district, active since 2011 and channeling futility and damnation into aggressive extreme metal. Their name's fusion of damnation and nullity captures the nihilistic outlook driving their dual-genre assault.
Hailing from Menifee, California, Damnum sculpt atmospheric black metal that trades in grief and grandeur in equal measure, letting melancholy melodies ripple beneath a fog of dissonance. The project has been releasing emotionally charged work since its 2019 formation.
Belford, New Jersey newcomers Damonacy burst onto the scene in 2025 with a death metal approach rooted in aggression and old-school grit. Still in their earliest days, they are already channeling the genre's most unrelenting instincts.
Dampness plays death metal and hardcore from Saint Petersburg, active since 2008 and drawing from the city's perpetually damp Baltic climate for their name and atmosphere. Nearly two decades of output have established them as fixtures of St. Petersburg's diverse extreme metal scene.
Dan Swano is a legendary figure in Swedish progressive death metal, based in Orebro and known for his work with Edge of Sanity, Nightingale, and countless production credits. His solo output channels decades of extreme and progressive metal expertise into compositions that demonstrate why he remains one of Sweden's most influential metal musicians.
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