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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Dry Bones Army is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Heredia, Costa Rica, active since 2010. The band blends melodic death metal structures with metalcore dynamics, drawing on social issues for lyrical content. Their 2015 EP Archetypes and the 2017 full-length Restructure showcase their dual-guitar driven sound across six tightly arranged tracks.
Dryrot is a band from Erlangen, Germany, with roots stretching back to 1989, whose sound evolved from thrash metal into groove/nu-metal/metalcore territory. As one of the oldest bands in this dataset, they have adapted through over three decades of stylistic evolution.
Dual-Coma is an industrial metal, metalcore, and thrash metal band from Katowice, Poland, formed in 2013. The project blends industrial intensity with metalcore and thrash from the Upper Silesian scene.
Formed in West Flanders in 2021 by King Hiss guitarist Josh Fury alongside drummer Bert Guillemont (ex-Liar), Dudsekop draw on the lineage of Congress, King Hiss, and Liar to produce West Flemish black metal sung entirely in the local Ypres dialect. Their 2022 debut Liksems, released on Genet Records, pairs razor-sharp riffing with barked bilingual vocals and a self-described identity as 'West-Vlamse koavezworte metal' — West Flemish pitch-black metal.
Dulcamara is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Toledo, Spain, active since 2013. Named after the bittersweet nightshade, they blend melodic beauty with metalcore's intensity.
Dust n Brush is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Siewierz, Poland, formed in 2012. The project blends melodic death metal with metalcore intensity.
Dxrk Winter is a metalcore band from Northwich, Cheshire, formed in 2014. The band combine aggressive metalcore breakdowns with melodic elements in their independently released material.
Dying Flame plays groove/thrash metal and metalcore from Assen in Drenthe, active since 2008 and fusing three genres' aggressive qualities into high-energy compositions. Their extinguishing-fire name lends a sense of urgency to music that burns through its fuel with ferocious intensity.
Dyinghost plays melodic death metal and metalcore from Saint Petersburg, active since 2015 and channeling spectral dissolution through melodic aggression. Their fading-apparition name suits music that moves between the corporeal violence of metalcore and the ethereal beauty of melodeath.
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