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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Deimocracy is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Bilbao, Spain, formed in 2017. They blend melodic death metal's hooks with metalcore's intensity from the Basque capital.
San Antonio, Texas death/thrash act Deimos have been at it since 2000, building a sound rooted in the old-school convergence of thrash riffing and death metal brutality — a combination that found its footing in Texas long before the state's metal scene gained wider recognition. Twenty-plus years in, they represent the kind of steadfast underground commitment that keeps regional scenes alive.
Deinos is a technical melodic death metal band from Gambolo, Italy, formed in 2020. Founded by Alberto Ragone, the project combines hardcore, symphonic, and modern elements with technically precise melodic death metal.
Oneonta, New York's Deiphage formed in 2023 in the black/death metal tradition — a pairing that fuses the iciness and atmosphere of black metal with death metal's penchant for brutality and technical violence. The band's name suggests something that devours gods, and their sound operates accordingly: relentless, uncompromising, and built for total annihilation.
Deiquisitor is a death metal band from Ringsted, Denmark, formed in 2016. They play aggressive, old-school-influenced death metal.
Formed in 2016 in Pleasanton, California, Deities fuse the jackhammer riffing of Bay Area thrash with the churning low-end of death metal. The band carries on the aggression of the region's thrash legacy while pushing into harder, more death-inflected territory.
Peru, Illinois band Deity Disfigured launched in 2021 blending the melodic sweep of Gothenburg-style death metal with the percussive weight of deathcore. Their sound navigates the tension between melodic hooks and breakdowns, adding a level of darkness that keeps it planted firmly on the extreme end.
Deivos is a technical death metal band from Lublin, Poland, formed in 2006. The project delivers technically precise and brutally aggressive death metal from eastern Poland.
Dejadeath is a band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2013, whose sound evolved from death metal into a complex fusion of progressive, thrash, and death metal. Their ambitious approach pushes boundaries across multiple subgenres.
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