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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Depressed Mode is a symphonic death/doom metal band from Pori, Finland, active since 2007. They craft grandiose, melancholic compositions that blend symphonic beauty with crushing doom.
San Francisco's Depressor have been mutating metal since 1995, beginning their career with abrasive industrial metal before pushing further into brutal death metal territory. This long-running Bay Area act represents a rare evolution from mechanized noise and grinding machinery into something even more viscerally crushing.
Depresy is a symphonic black and death metal band from Trencin, Slovakia, formed in 2022. The project layers orchestral darkness over extreme metal.
Deprime is a black and symphonic metal band from Buti, in the Pisa province of Tuscany, Italy, formed in 2020. The project layers orchestral grandeur over raw black metal foundations in a dark and dramatic Tuscan metal vision.
Desdania is a symphonic metal project that began in Brussels before relocating to Helsinki, pairing orchestral grandeur with powerful vocals and sweeping compositions. This Belgian-Finnish axis gives them a unique perspective, drawing from both regions' rich metal traditions.
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.
Desolate Grave is a funeral doom and symphonic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2022. The project crafts devastatingly slow doom with symphonic textures.
Despairhate is a symphonic metal band from Nancy, France, active since 2013. They channel despair and hatred through symphonic metal from Lorraine.
Despectus is a symphonic melodic death metal band from Kharkiv, Ukraine, formed in 2011. The project layers symphonic elements over melodic death metal from eastern Ukraine.
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