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Diësis is an electronic/technical deathcore band from Giessen, Germany, active since 2013. They push deathcore into experimental territory with electronic elements and technical precision.
Djinova is a five-piece deathcore band from Coventry in the West Midlands, blending old and new school death metal with modern deathcore breakdowns, complex riffs, and odd time signatures. Their 2021 album Apocalypsis Infinitum was recorded by Neil Hudson at Initiate Audio and Media, featuring vocalists Jamie Barker, guitarists Adam Fairs and John Morley, bassist Scott Baskin, and drummer Tony Overton.
Dollstake plays deathcore from Lipetsk, active since 2021 and driving stakes through the hearts of both dolls and listeners through crushing breakdowns. Their voodoo-evoking name adds occult menace to modern extreme metal.
Domain of Decay is a melodic death metal/deathcore band from Kiel, Germany, active since 2013. They merge melodic death metal's hooks with deathcore's devastating breakdowns.
Doomed from Day One is a progressive deathcore band from Guildford, Surrey, formed in 2011 and described as merging prog, tech, and death metal into a fiery hybrid. Their releases The Wasted World (2011) and the Nine Fingers EP (2013), recorded by Chris Munday at CJM Productions, earned them a reputation for savage live shows and impeccable musicianship.
Doomination is a deathcore band from Sant Hilari Sacalm, Spain. They deliver devastating deathcore from the forested Catalan interior.
East Brunswick, New Jersey's Doss has been navigating an ambitious stylistic intersection since 2014, blending the melodic sweep of Gothenburg-influenced death metal with the technical complexity of prog and the sheer brutality of deathcore. New Jersey's underground has always punched above its weight, and Doss exemplifies why — bands from this corridor take sonic range seriously, refusing to be pinned to a single aesthetic. The result is music that shifts registers with confidence, equally capable of a crushing chug and an arching melodic passage.
Draconian Reign is a symphonic deathcore band from Nottingham, self-described as hailing from "the cold heart of the United Kingdom." Their releases It Came from Hell (2022), Necromantic (2022), and Tragedy Eternal (2023) fuse symphonic grandeur with deathcore brutality.
Out of Ansonia, Connecticut since 2013, Dream of Scipio has spent over a decade refining a sound that fuses the surgical precision of technical death metal with the brute-force impact of deathcore. The result is music that demands both physical and intellectual engagement — time signatures that shift under the listener's feet, breakdowns that feel genuinely earned, and guitar work that prioritizes complexity without sacrificing brutality. They are among the longer-tenured acts in the CT extreme metal underground.
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