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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Demon Orgy is a sludge/doom metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2020. They deliver filthy, heavy sludge and doom from the Spanish capital.
Demonic Death Judge is a sludge/stoner metal band from Kymenlaakso, Finland, active since 2009. They deliver crushing sludge and stoner metal verdicts from southeastern Finland.
Out of Antioch, California since 2015, Demonsmoke drag sludge and doom metal through the Bay Area's grimy underbelly, building suffocating walls of distortion laced with a toxic, crawling menace. Their music has the slow-motion fury of sludge's hardcore roots married to doom's infinite, oppressive descent.
Demontain is a post-metal and sludge metal band from Vicenza, Italy, originally formed in 2007 under the name The Angriest Dog in the World. The four-piece blends metal, doom, and hardcore into a unique and confrontational sound, recorded at Lost In Space Studio.
Denat THC is a doom, sludge, and stoner metal band from Bielsko-Biala, Poland, formed in 2024. The project channels heavy, fuzzed-out doom and stoner riffs from the Silesian Beskids.
Dendrophilia is a post-metal and sludge metal band from Portalbera, in the Pavia province of Lombardy, Italy, formed in 2014. Their album 'Soak Up the Sun' blends alternative noise, sludge, and stoner elements into an eclectic and crushing sonic brew.
Dense Haze is a doom, sludge, and stoner metal band from Opole, Poland, formed in 2025. The project delivers heavy, fuzzed-out doom and stoner riffs from the Upper Silesian scene.
Louisville, Kentucky's Descention have developed a distinctive hybrid since 2010, layering death metal aggression over the churning, down-tuned foundation of groove and sludge metal. The combination draws on Louisville's well-established sludge traditions while pushing into heavier, more abrasive territory.
Desert Crone is a sludge and stoner metal band from Sundsvall, Sweden, formed in 2023. The project delivers heavy sludge and stoner metal from the Norrland coast.
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