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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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HYPA HYPA Tour - Live In Ludwigsburg (2023)
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A Collegeville, Pennsylvania death metal act formed in 2024, Dying Angel channels the old-school brutality of the genre's foundational era, favoring raw aggression and direct songwriting over modern technical showmanship.
A New Jersey heavy metal band active since 2005, Dying Light draws from both hard rock's melodic accessibility and traditional metal's heavier structural sensibility, occupying the well-worn but enduring territory where the two genres have always overlapped.
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Dynamiter is a heavy metal band from Seville, Spain, formed in 2024. They deliver explosive heavy metal from Andalusia's capital.
Dynazty is a heavy and power metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2023. The project delivers soaring heavy and power metal from the Swedish capital.
Dyrokol plays thrash/heavy metal from Saint Petersburg, active since 2016 and whose Russian name — meaning "hole punch" — promises to perforate with maximum efficiency. Their industrial-tool name matches a direct, no-frills approach to aggressive metal.
Dysangelic is a heavy metal band from Marsta, Sweden, formed in 2014. The project delivers classic heavy metal from the Stockholm area.
Bountiful, Utah act formed in 2011, this Dysfunction blends heavy metal's bluesy midpace weight with doom metal's slow, crushing gravity. Their sound leans into the darker tonal palette that sets doom-inflected heavy metal apart from the glossier end of the spectrum.
Dystocracy is a heavy/groove metal band from Lempäälä, Finland, formed in 2018. They rule through heavy grooves from the Finnish heartland.
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