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Drearylands was a power metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, active from around 1999–2000. The band released two albums — "Some Dreary Songs" (2000) and "Heliopolis" (2003), the latter recorded at Vértice Estúdio in Salvador on Maniac Records — before splitting up, with a later return yielding the album "No Poetry Lasts" (2017).
Technically stunning power metal from Houston.
Drivhell plays progressive and power metal from Milan, fusing technical musicianship with the melodic hooks and high-energy delivery that power metal demands. Their hybrid approach creates compositions that challenge listeners intellectually while keeping them hooked with anthemic refrains.
DRK is a Genoese heavy/power metal act active since 2013, delivering muscular, riff-driven material that draws from the deep well of European heavy and power metal traditions. Their abbreviated name strips away pretense, letting the music speak through power and precision.
Drowned by Darkness plays a multi-genre blend of melodic power, death, and thrash metal from Schwabisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg, active since 2013. This ambitious cocktail of genres creates compositions that shift between the soaring melodies of power metal and the crushing intensity of death and thrash.
Druidian plays melodic heavy/power metal from Madrid, active since 2021 and drawing on Celtic and druidic imagery to fuel epic, melody-driven compositions. Their sound channels the mysticism of pre-Christian Europe through the galloping rhythms and soaring harmonies of traditional European power metal.
Drunken Angels is a Viennese power metal act formed in 2020, blending soaring melodies and anthemic choruses with the energy of traditional European power metal. Their oxymoronic name — heavenly beings in a state of intoxication — hints at a playful spirit beneath the genre's typically earnest grandeur.
Druídas is a power metal band from Soutomaior, Spain, active since 2000. With a quarter century of history, they are veteran power metal practitioners from Galicia.
Duelo Eterno is a melodic power/progressive metal band from Cáceres, Spain, formed in 2015. Their name meaning 'eternal duel,' they blend power and progressive metal from Extremadura.
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