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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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Dark Rage is a groove metal/metalcore band from Bad Hersfeld, Germany, active since 2013. They combine crushing groove metal riffs with metalcore's intensity and modern aggression.
Dark Revenge started as a melodic death metal act in the Siberian university city of Tomsk before evolving toward progressive metal and metalcore. Active since 2011, their stylistic journey traces an arc from Scandinavian melodeath influence toward more complex, contemporary territory.
Dark Tennis is a three-piece extreme metal outfit from Bergamo that defies easy categorization, smashing together elements of black metal, grindcore, and metalcore into an unpredictable hybrid. Their releases Wimbledoom and Digital Posture suggest a tongue-in-cheek sensibility underpinning genuinely ferocious music.
Miami Beach's Darkarma fuses melodic death metal's sweep and technicality with metalcore's rhythmic punch, producing a sound that fits the city's chaotic energy and international influences since 2017.
Darker It Gets is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from the South West Flanders region of Belgium, drawing members from the Kortrijk and Roeselare area's converging hardcore and metal scenes. The band's sound fuses melodic Scandinavian death metal riffing with metalcore structures, occupying a crossover space well-represented in Belgian extreme metal.
Washington state's Darkest Hour are a long-running pillar of melodic death metal and metalcore, known for surgically melodic guitar work draped over punishing rhythmic foundations. Their influence on the genre's American evolution is hard to overstate, and they've remained a vital live force into the 2020s.
Orlando's Darkness by Design bridge the gap between melodic death metal's melodic sophistication and metalcore's rhythmic aggression, drawing on both traditions without sacrificing the emotional weight either carries. Formed in 2015, they represent the kind of thoughtful genre fusion Florida's diverse metal scene regularly produces.
Anthemic metalcore from San Antonio.
Fierce Metalcore from San Antonio.
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