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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Downcasted is a melodic death metal band from Rovaniemi, Finland, active since 2013. They deliver melancholic melodic death metal from the Arctic Circle.
Downstream is a melodic death metal band from Streithausen, Germany, active since 2013. They deliver emotive melodic death metal from the Westerwald region.
Downtime plays melodic death metal and metalcore from Kassel in Hesse, active since 2017 and exploring the intersection of Scandinavian melodeath and modern metalcore. Their name's suggestion of rest and recuperation contrasts sharply with the intensity of their sound.
Dracarys is a melodic death metal band from Trondelag, Norway, formed in 2015. The project channels Scandinavian melodic death metal from the central Norwegian region.
Draconia is a melodic death metal band from Turku, Finland, active since 2013. They play powerful melodic death metal from Finland's medieval capital.
Drakma is a melodic death/gothic metal band from Murcia, Spain, active since 2007. They blend melodic death metal with gothic grandeur from southeastern Spain.
Drakwald is a pagan/melodic death metal band from Tours, France, active since 2014. They explore pagan themes through melodic death metal from the Loire Valley.
Drastyca is a melodic death metal band from Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil. The band released their debut EP Emblems in 2018, which was made widely available on digital platforms in 2020, and contributed the track Lake of Blood to the Roadie Metal Vol. 14 compilation.
Draugrath is a melodic death metal band from Northern Ireland, formed in 2023, delivering chilling melodies and searing aggression. Their growing catalog of tracks including Lost in Darkness, Resurrection, and Dead Rising establishes them as a rising force in the Northern Irish melodic death metal scene.
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