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Dosel is a metal band from La Plata, Buenos Aires, formed in 2019 with a lineup of Maximiliano Santillan (guitar/vocals), Ramiro Ñanco (vocals), Paula Carranza (keyboards), and Sergio Carrizo (drums). The band self-released their debut EP "Sonoris Dogma" on April 17, 2019, a five-track recording produced at Estudio el Timpano that blends death, thrash, and progressive metal elements.
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Downrage is a metalcore band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2013. The band combine aggressive metalcore breakdowns with melodic elements in their heavy sound.
San Diego's Downspell has been working the volatile border between metalcore and death metal since 2011, carving out a sound that draws on the rhythmic attack of metalcore while pushing toward the rawer brutality of death metal. Southern California's proximity to the Mexican border and its dense, multilayered underground scene give Downspell's music a gritty, street-level energy that distinguishes it from more polished genre exercises. Over a decade in, they represent a tenacious underground presence in a city with fierce competition for heavy music territory.
Downswitch is a groove metal/metalcore band from Køge, Denmark, active since 2011. They combine groove metal's weight with metalcore's modern dynamics.
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.
Draconic is a melodic black and industrial metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, formed in 2011. The project blends melodic black metal with industrial elements and metalcore intensity.
Dreadlink is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Neumünster, Germany, active since 2014. They blend melodic death metal hooks with metalcore's modern intensity.
Richmond, Virginia's Dreams of Atrocity launched in 2022, blending melodic death metal's harmonic ferocity with the structural aggression of metalcore into something that hits on multiple registers at once. The band occupies a productive middle ground where Gothenburg-influenced melody meets breakdown-ready heaviness, giving their music both emotional reach and physical impact. Coming out of a city with an increasingly visible extreme metal presence, they're part of a new Richmond generation making itself known.
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