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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Distressed to Marrow is a melodic death metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, active since 2013. They deliver emotionally charged melodic death metal that cuts deep.
Diva Satanica is a melodic death metal band from Rosario, Argentina, whose debut album "In the Reign of Death... I Monarch" was recorded at Venus Records Studios in 2009. They followed it with "II The Grand Successor" (2012) on Undermetal Records and "From the Ashes" (2015), before releasing the concept album "Germania: The Rise and Fall", which centres on World War II-era themes.
Divension is a melodic death metal band from Sargans, Switzerland, whose 2021 debut 'Conquer The Dying Sun' spans twelve tracks over sixty-three minutes of genre-crossing heaviness. Their sound balances gripping riffs and melodic choruses with thrash intensity, including the epic thirteen-minute title track.
Divine Chaos is a melodic death/thrash metal band from London, active since 2009 with a substantial discography including Every Empire Shall Fall, Decivilise (2018), and Oblivion Unleashed (2022). The band remain prolific into 2026, releasing the single Condemned to the Void and continuing their blend of progressive, melodic death, and thrash metal.
Divine Sins plays melodic death metal and deathcore from Hilversum, the Dutch media capital, active since 2009. Their oxymoronic name — sacred transgressions — frames their music as a paradox of beauty and brutality.
Divine Souls is a melodic death metal band from Kramfors, Sweden, formed in 2016. The project channels Scandinavian melodic death metal from the Angermanland coast.
Divine Uncertainty is a melodic death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed around 2012 and currently active. The band operates as an independent, unsigned act and has maintained a presence on platforms such as ReverbNation and Encyclopaedia Metallum. They contribute to the melodic death metal scene in Brazil's largest city.
Divine:Zero is a melodic death/groove metal band from Erkelenz, Germany, formed in 2021. They merge melodic death metal's hooks with groove metal's weight.
Dizident plays progressive melodic death metal and metalcore from Ploiesti in Wallachia, active since 2007 and channeling political and social dissidence through technically accomplished compositions. Their dissident name speaks to the rebellious spirit driving nearly two decades of genre-crossing extreme metal.
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