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Demonslut is a doom/stoner metal band from the Sinsheim/Heidelberg area of Germany, active since 2012. They deliver heavy, fuzz-drenched doom and stoner metal with provocative attitude.
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.
Dendrites is a groovy stoner rock and southern metal band from Volos, Greece, formed in 2016, featuring vocalist-guitarist Thanasis Timplalexis and a five-piece lineup including creative member Ioannis Valiakos. Their 2019 album Grow was recorded at Red Goat Studios in Volos and mastered by Steve Lado, earning international critical acclaim for its blend of stoner rock, desert rock, and heavy blues.
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.
Descarado is a doom and stoner metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2014. The project delivers heavy doom and stoner riffs from the west coast.
Richmond, Virginia's Desert Altar have been conjuring heavy, sun-baked stoner metal since 2017, transplanting the sun-scorched aesthetics of desert rock to the mid-Atlantic with surprising authenticity. Their riffs roll and churn with the kind of languid heaviness that makes the genre feel both ritualistic and deeply physical.
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.
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.
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