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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Head Cage (2018)
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Loveland, Colorado's Deadless play heavy and thrash metal with the high-energy directness of a band that formed at the foot of the Rockies in 2022 and hasn't slowed down since. Raw, riff-forward, and uninterested in subtlety.
Neenah, Wisconsin's Deadline play straight-up heavy metal with the no-nonsense attitude of a small Midwest city that doesn't need critical endorsement to rock, formed in 2022 and immediately blunt about their intentions. Less trend, more iron.
Deadlock Crew is a groove, heavy, and thrash metal band from Trieste, Italy, formed in the late 1990s and active since 2019. The four-piece delivers hard-hitting metal with themes of resilience and adrenaline across releases like 'One Step Back.'
Virginia's Deadly Friend channel heavy metal's classic hard rock instincts into something modern and slightly sinister, the band name's horror-film connotation fitting their occasionally dark sensibility. Formed in 2022, they're still cutting their teeth but clearly know their way around a riff.
Deadly Magic is a progressive heavy/power metal band from Remscheid, Germany, formed in 2024. They weave progressive complexity through powerful heavy and power metal foundations.
New Brunswick, New Jersey's Deadly Nights have been playing traditional heavy metal since 2013, drawing from the genre's classic blueprint without apology or irony. In a city with strong punk roots, they make the case that metal's old ways still hit.
Tulsa's Deadly Weapon fuse heavy metal's melodic power with power metal's grandiose ambition, a combination that feels right at home in Oklahoma's long tradition of hard-rock swagger since 2017. Big riffs, bigger hooks.
Deadlyforce plays heavy metal from the Seixal/Corroios/Almada area south of Lisbon, formed in 2023 and channeling brute-force energy into riff-driven compositions. Their name promises maximum impact, delivered through the uncompromising power of traditional heavy metal.
Philadelphia's Deadlyne cover a wide span of heavy music — from crossover thrash to groove to hard rock — reflecting a restless band formed in 2023 that refuses to settle into one lane. The city's blue-collar grit runs through all of it.
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