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Hailing from Ellijay, Georgia, Delaceration have been threading melodic death metal and metalcore together since 2014. The band balances the aggressive rhythmic sensibility of metalcore against the melodic riff craft of Scandinavian death metal, drawing from both traditions without fully committing to either.
Mount Airy, Maryland's Delenda — active since 2012 — build their symphonic deathcore around layers of orchestral grandeur draped over bone-crushing breakdowns and death metal brutality. The name invokes destruction as imperative, and the music follows through with cinematic sweep and extreme heaviness occupying the same space.
Deliro plays melodic death metal from Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East, formed in 2025 and bringing Gothenburg-influenced melody to the Pacific edge of the continent. Their Italian-derived name — meaning delirium — adds Mediterranean flair to music from the opposite end of Eurasia.
Deliver the Galaxy is a melodic death metal band from Quedlinburg, Germany, formed in 2020. They blend cosmic themes with the power of melodic death metal.
Salt Lake City's Delusions of Godhood deal in melodic death metal with genuine ferocity, blending sweeping guitar harmonies against punishing rhythmic punishment. Formed in 2014, they channel the classic Gothenburg influence into a sound that feels at home in the American Mountain West — expansive and unrelenting in equal measure.
Deluzion plays melodic death/thrash metal from Zutphen in Gelderland, formed in 2022 and delivering aggressive compositions under the banner of deliberate self-deception. Their misspelled name suggests the illusions that sustain both their art and their audience.
Mission Viejo's Demas blend melodic death metal aggression with gothic atmosphere and darkwave undercurrents, arriving at a sound that's simultaneously crushing and haunted. Formed in 2021, they inhabit the shadowed space between Scandinavian melodeath and the darker corners of California's underground, where brutality and melancholy share equal footing.
Demencia Extrema is an extreme metal band from Ituzaingó in the western greater Buenos Aires area, drawing on metalcore, death metal, and 1990s groove metal influences. The band released the EP Mundo Ruin in August 2015, a five-song record recorded and mixed by FedeSaurio Records in Castelar-Morón, Buenos Aires, with composer Matias Chao as a key creative force.
Dement is a melodic death metal band from Bursa, Turkey, formed in 2023. The project delivers emotionally charged melodic death metal.
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