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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Deriva is a progressive metal band from Soria, Spain, formed in 2016. They craft intricate progressive metal from one of Spain's smallest provincial capitals.
Dernier Martyr is an avant-garde and progressive metal project from Greece, formed in 2023. The project pushes the boundaries of metal through experimental compositions and unconventional structures.
Dynamic Progressive Metal from Houston.
New York's DesDemon have been crafting ambitious symphonic and progressive power metal since 1998, blending soaring vocal melodies with elaborate arrangements that push well beyond straightforward metal songwriting. Their long career reflects a dedication to the theatrical, emotionally charged sound that defines the best of American symphonic metal.
Formed in Los Angeles in 2021, Desecrate blend thrash metal's ferocity with progressive metal's structural ambition and the classic heaviness of traditional heavy metal. The LA lineage gives their sound a polished intensity, and the progressive elements push their songwriting well beyond genre convention.
Des Moines, Iowa's Desecrate Ethereal have carved out a niche in technical and progressive death metal since 2017, incorporating deathcore's modern heaviness into their intricate, shifting compositions. Their Iowa origins make them one of the more technically sophisticated acts to emerge from the state's relatively small extreme metal scene.
Desert Gatan is a stoner-sludge metal band from Brig, deep in the Swiss Alps, fusing heavy guitar riffs with psychedelic rock and progressive metal influences. Their albums 'Mental War' and 'Consume at High Volume' combine 1970s-inspired grooves with thick, crushing modern sludge.
Desertomen is a heavy, power, and progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2022. The band blend the melodic grandeur of power metal with progressive complexity and classic heavy metal foundations.
Deshody plays progressive thrash/groove metal from Sora in the Frosinone province, fusing thrash's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic weight and progressive metal's structural ambition. Their tri-genre approach creates compositions that are at once headbangable and intellectually engaging.
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