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Delivers is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2014. The band play classic heavy metal and hard rock with the energy of the active Athenian metal scene.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina's Delorean have been playing traditional heavy metal since 2017, drawing on the college town's fertile music scene. Named after the iconic time-traveling car, the band channels the sounds of metal's classic era — sturdy riffs, melodic hooks, and the kind of earnest commitment to the genre that never goes out of style.
Delphos is a heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2018. They play classic heavy metal with an oracle-like mystique.
Deluge Master was a heavy metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, formed around 2005. The band recorded their material at Ícone Estúdio and contributed tracks to Brazilian metal compilations including "Natal Metal Compilation 2" (2004) and "Rock Soldiers XII" (2007).
Baltimore's Delusion formed in 2021 at the heavier end of progressive metal, blending intricate songwriting with the city's well-established appetite for hard-hitting music. Drawing on Baltimore's reputation as a city that doesn't do things halfway, the band pursues progressive metal's complexity with the weight and intention of the genre's finest.
Gaithersburg, Maryland's Demassify have been stacking fuzz-laden riffs since 2020, navigating the thick overlap between stoner metal, doom, and classic heavy metal. Their sound calls to mind long desert highways and low-slung power chords — deliberate, heavy, and deeply rooted in the analog warmth of hard rock tradition.
Demency is a heavy metal band from France, formed in 2019. They deliver demented heavy metal with raw energy.
Sacramento's Dementia started out in the stoner and heavy metal tradition before pivoting toward nu-metal as their sound evolved over the years. Formed in 2013, they represent the California underground's tendency to absorb and recombine influences across metal's many stylistic eras.
East Hanover's Dementia occupy the traditional heavy metal space with a New Jersey directness that suits the genre's working-class roots. Formed in 2013, they draw on the region's dense club circuit heritage and deliver the kind of heads-down heavy metal that values songs over spectacle.
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