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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Daemonicus plays death metal from Umea in northern Sweden, active since 2021 and bringing demonic fury to a university city known for its progressive politics. Their Latin-inflected name channels infernal malice through the Swedish death metal tradition.
Daemonium Regni plays black/doom metal from Sweden, formed in 2026 and whose Latin name — "kingdom of demons" — promises compositions of regal darkness. Their fusion of black metal's atmosphere with doom's crushing weight creates an unholy sovereignty of sound.
Daemonizer is a progressive metal band from Siegen, Germany, formed in 2018. They explore complex arrangements and technical musicianship within a heavy progressive framework.
Daemonlord is a raw black metal band from Aretxabaleta, Basque Country, Spain, active since 2011. They deliver savage, uncompromising black metal from the Basque underground.
Daemonokrat is a four-piece death metal unit from Agrigento, Sicily, active since 2013 and releasing their Predators EP through Russia's Satanath Records before following up with The Scourge of Chaos on France's Polymorphe Records in 2017. Their international label affiliations speak to a band whose underground death metal resonates well beyond the Sicilian coast.
Daemonolith is a black metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2015. They channel monolithic darkness through Scottish black metal.
Daemonos is a black and death metal band from Grevenbicht, Netherlands, formed in 2015. The project merges black metal's darkness with death metal's aggression from the Limburg underground.
Raleigh's Daemonum brings a stark, orthodox black metal vision to North Carolina's underground, formed in 2022 with the apparent goal of making something cold and uncompromising in an unlikely setting. The contrast between the Research Triangle's warm climate and the music's icy intent is part of the appeal.
Arlington, Texas's Daemora fuses doom metal's crushing, slow-burning weight with death metal's sepulchral menace, arriving at something that feels genuinely heavy rather than merely loud. Since 2017 they've carved a niche in the Metroplex's underground built on patience and density.
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