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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.
Delirant Chaotic Sound is a death metal, metalcore, and thrash metal band from Monza, Italy, formed in 2016. The project channels chaotic and aggressive extreme metal energy from the Lombardy scene.
Delirium's Dawn is a heavy/thrash/death metal and metalcore band from Munich, Germany, active since 2008. They forge an ambitious crossover of multiple metal subgenres into a powerful, versatile sound.
Delugge is a metalcore/groove metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2023. They deliver a flood of heavy grooves and metalcore intensity from the Catalan capital.
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.
Democrazed is a melodic thrash/death metal and metalcore band from Bad Bodendorf, Germany, active since 2013. They blend melodic thrash and death metal with metalcore's modern dynamics.
Demon Project plays melodic/industrial death metal and metalcore from Novosibirsk, formed in 2022 and fusing electronic textures with extreme metal aggression from Siberia's capital city. Their project-format name signals an experimental, evolving approach to genre-blending.
Demondrive is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Donduseni, Moldova, formed in 2019. The project blends melodic death metal with metalcore intensity from the Moldovan underground.
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