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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Deathlike Silence is a melodic heavy metal/hard rock band from Turku, Finland, active since 2012. Despite their extreme name, they play melodic heavy metal and hard rock.
Deathline is a death, heavy, and thrash metal band from Poltava, Ukraine, formed in 2008. The project blends multiple metal styles from central Ukraine.
Deathomen is a heavy/thrash metal band from Aranjuez, Spain, formed in 2020. They deliver ominous heavy/thrash from the royal town south of Madrid.
Deathpot is a heavy/groove metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2017. They serve up heavy grooves from the French capital.
Dallas heavy metal unit Deathrider has been carrying the lone star flag for classic metal since 2012, delivering punishing riffs with a nod toward the raw power of the NWOBHM and its American descendants. Texas grit, old-school fire.
Rising from Twin Falls in 2019, Idaho's Deathstalker hunts at the crossroads of death and thrash metal, channeling the kind of relentless forward momentum that comes from playing in a scene with something to prove. Isolated, hungry, and riff-driven.
Deathterror is a heavy metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2021. They play hard-hitting heavy metal with a raw, underground edge.
Deathvalves is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Karditsa, Greece, formed in 2006 by guitarist-vocalist T. Sydrome, drummer Sakis, guitarist Thanasis Valeras, and bassist Chris Sven. Their catalog includes Dark Stories from the Past, the self-titled Deathvalves, Wild Rock 'N' Roll Obsession, and Slaves.
Decaying Incest is a heavy/thrash metal band from Csorna, Hungary, active since 2011. The band combine the weight of heavy metal with the speed and aggression of thrash.
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