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Desaster is a Swiss heavy metal band from Frauenfeld, active since 1996 and one of the country's most enduring metal acts. With nearly three decades of output, they deliver high-energy, riff-driven heavy metal with an unpolished, raw aesthetic.
Desaster Area is a heavy/speed metal band with punk influences from Dortmund, Germany, active since 2014. They deliver high-energy speed metal spiked with punk attitude.
Boston's Descend upon the Sane have been forging their brand of thrash and heavy metal since 2013, drawing from the rich New England metal tradition while keeping the riffs sharp and the tempos aggressive. They occupy that classic intersection where old-school heavy metal songwriting meets the speed and intensity of thrash.
Descendant is a heavy metal band from Vaxjo, Sweden, formed in 2013. The project delivers classic heavy metal from the Smaland region.
Descended Faith is a power/heavy metal band from Salisbury, England, active since 2013. They deliver faithful power metal from the Wiltshire plains.
Descenery is a heavy metal band from Vladivostok, Russia, formed in 2017. The project delivers classic heavy metal from Russia's Pacific coast.
Formed in Los Angeles in 2021, Desecrate blend thrash metal's ferocity with progressive metal's structural ambition and the classic heaviness of traditional heavy metal. The LA lineage gives their sound a polished intensity, and the progressive elements push their songwriting well beyond genre convention.
Desert Lord plays stoner, doom, and heavy metal from Helsinki, active since 2011 and channeling the international stoner-doom tradition through the darkness of Finnish winters. Their name evokes dry-heat desolation, an ironic contrast to Helsinki's Baltic cold that gives their fuzz-soaked sound a unique character.
Desertomen is a heavy, power, and progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2022. The band blend the melodic grandeur of power metal with progressive complexity and classic heavy metal foundations.
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