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A Past Embrace (2022)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Deadalus is a progressive death metal act from Liege, formed in 2024 and navigating the labyrinthine structures that the genre demands. Their name's mythological reference to the architect of the Minotaur's maze suits music that values complexity and disorientation.
Deadbangers is a thrash/heavy metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2022. They deliver headbanging thrash and heavy metal.
Olympia, Washington's Deadbeat Blackout bring a hard rock swagger to heavy metal, roughing up the genre's cleaner edges with the DIY spirit their Pacific Northwest home is known for. Formed in 2018, they're a bar-band-at-its-best proposition for fans of hooks and muscle.
Fayetteville, Arkansas's Deadbird have been refining their harrowing blend of doom and sludge since 2006, steeped in the bleakness of the Ozark underground. Their slow-churning, feedback-drenched sound carries the weight of genuinely Southern darkness.
Los Angeles's Deadbody arrived in 2022 fusing death metal's rotting heaviness with hardcore's confrontational directness, producing something that hits like a sucker punch in a dark alley. They're part of a new wave of LA acts reclaiming extreme metal's physical, pit-ready roots.
Sterling, Virginia's Deadbolt lock death metal and hardcore into a tight, uncompromising collision, formed in 2022 with urgency to spare. Their no-frills approach puts brutality ahead of technicality, every time.
Southern California's Deadcheck emerged in 2020 at the intersection of deathcore and death metal, pulling the bruising slam of the former through the structural ambition of the latter. They hit hard and leave little room to breathe.
Deaddrunk is a groove metal and death metal band from Frauenfeld, Switzerland, active since 2008 with a five-piece lineup featuring dual guitarists. Their 2017 EP 'BEWARE' was pressed in a limited run of 500 CDs, combining heavy groove riffs with melodic guitar work and dynamic vocals.
Chicago brutal death metal veterans Deaden have been flattening eardrums since 2010 with relentless, technically precise ugliness rooted deep in the city's underground. Few acts in the midwest brutal death scene match their longevity or their ferocity.
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