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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Borderland (2025)
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Death Valley is a heavy metal band from the Valencian Community, Spain, active since 2014. They deliver heavy metal heat from Spain's Mediterranean coast.
Deathblade is a heavy/thrash metal band from Dorset, England, formed in 2020. They deliver blade-sharp heavy/thrash from the southern English coast.
Deathinition is a band from Paris, France, active since 2011, whose sound evolved from death metal into heavy/thrash metal. Their stylistic shift reflects a move toward more traditional metal roots.
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.
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