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A solo technical and progressive death metal project based in Portland, Oregon, Dustin Behm has been releasing intricate, guitar-forward material since 2017, pushing the genre's compositional boundaries with dense arrangements and demanding musicianship.
Dustynation is a progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2010. The band craft technically ambitious progressive metal with over a decade of development in the Greek metal scene.
Dvalin is a progressive folk metal band from Wurzburg in Franconia, named after one of the Norse mythological dwarves. Active since 2016, they weave traditional folk instruments and Norse-inspired themes through technically accomplished, structurally ambitious metal compositions.
Dvne is a five-piece progressive sludge and post-metal band from Edinburgh, exploring a dark sci-fi universe inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune. Signed to Metal Blade Records, their discography spans from Progenitor (2013) through Etemen Aenka (2021) to Voidkind (2024), earning them Hellfest performances and international acclaim for their fusion of fierce riffs, psychedelic textures, and melodic grandeur.
Dvota is a death, groove, and progressive metal band from Bratislava, Slovakia, formed in 2022. The project blends multiple metal styles from the Slovak capital.
A progressive metal project from Wilmington, Massachusetts active since 2015, Dyhanna explores the genre's melodic and technical dimensions with a compositionally ambitious approach that draws on the full dynamic range between delicacy and full-throated heaviness.
Utica, New York guitarist and composer Dylan Backman has been releasing melodic progressive metal and shred-oriented instrumental work since 2019, combining neoclassical technique with progressive metal's structural ambition in a project that foregrounds virtuosity as a primary creative vehicle.
Atlanta-based progressive metal project founded in 2018, Dylan Maxwell crafts technically ambitious and melodically layered metal that draws on the genre's introspective and compositionally dense traditions. The solo-driven project pursues complex arrangements that set it apart from the city's heavier underground scene.
Dynamic Lights is a progressive metal project from Pesaro, formed in 2023 and exploring the more luminous, melodic side of the progressive metal spectrum. Their name suggests an approach that favors shifting textures and illumination over the darkness that dominates much of the genre.
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