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A metal band from Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria, spanning death metal, melodic death metal, metalcore, and thrash metal influences. Based in Austria's westernmost state, they represent the active metal underground of the Vorarlberg region bordering Germany and Switzerland.
Die Tonight, performing as We Die Tonight, is a metalcore and melodic death metal band from Bristol, England, active since 2010. Their releases including the EPs Stem the Tide and Portraits earned them recognition in the British underground for their blend of crushing brutality and melodic hardcore passion.
Dieversity is a melodic death metal and deathcore band from Arkhangelsk, Russia, formed in 2015. The project blends melodic death metal with deathcore from the Russian Arctic coast.
Dimax is a two-member instrumental melodic death metal project from Belarus, operating under the motto 'one evening, one track.' Active since 2016 with annual releases, the project distills melodic metal ideas into focused, spontaneous compositions.
Dimman is a melodic death metal band from Teuva/Seinäjoki, Finland, formed in 2015. They deliver emotive melodic death metal from the Ostrobothnian flatlands.
Diogenes BCE plays melodic death/sludge metal from Holmestrand, formed in 2022 and named after the ancient Greek cynic philosopher. Their philosophical namesake's rejection of material comfort translates into music that refuses easy pleasures, merging melodic death metal's hooks with sludge's abrasive weight.
Dionysius is a melodic death and doom metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2011. The band merge the melodic aggression of death metal with the crushing weight of doom.
Dire Insanity is a metalcore and melodic death metal band from Kingston upon Thames, formed in 2013 and built around producer Kiran Weerasekera's compositions with vocalist Ben Davie and a multi-guitar lineup. The six-piece earned support slots with acts like Breed 77 and drew comparisons to In Flames and Dream Theater for their intricate, melodic approach.
Disagio is a melodic death metal band from Palazzolo sull'Oglio, in the Brescia province of Lombardy, Italy, formed in 2004. The project has delivered over two decades of melodic death metal from the Lombardy underground.
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