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Dead Shape Figure is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Vantaa, Finland, formed in 2018. They deliver cutting melodic death/thrash from greater Helsinki.
Dead Sleep is a thrash metal band from Malmo, Sweden, formed in 2026. The project delivers aggressive thrash metal from southern Sweden.
Eau Claire's Dead Soul Symphony combine the velocity of thrash with death metal's brutality, formed in 2021 with the kind of hunger that comes from building something in a smaller market with everything to prove. Wisconsin grit with a sharp, modern extreme edge.
Dead State is a thrash metal band from Marau, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2020. The band is independent and focuses on themes of politics, society, and the future in their lyrics. They are part of Brazil's active underground thrash metal scene in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Dead to Sin is a death/thrash metal band from the Lancaster/Morecambe area of England, active since 2012. They deliver fierce death/thrash from the Lancashire coast.
Dead Trails is a death/thrash metal band from Salisbury, England, formed in 2017. They blaze dead trails through death/thrash from Wiltshire.
Dead Tree Seeds is a thrash metal band from Mantes-la-Jolie, France, formed in 2020. They plant aggressive thrash from the Parisian outskirts.
Santa Cruz's Dead War weaponize blackened death and thrash into something relentlessly combative, pulling from the raw Pacific coast tradition of filth and speed. Since 2016, they've burned through every genre boundary their name implies.
Dead Winds is a thrash/groove metal band from Montpellier, France, formed in 2019. They deliver heavy grooves and thrash from southern France.
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