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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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Deadend Men is a doom and sludge metal band from Kyiv, Ukraine, formed in 2023. The project delivers crushing doom and sludge from the Ukrainian capital.
Deadest plays black/death metal from Finland, active since 2017 and pushing both genres to their most extreme conclusions — as their superlative name implies. Their music channels the relentless darkness of Finnish winters into compositions that combine black metal's atmosphere with death metal's crushing weight.
Deadeye is a thrash/groove metal band from the Midlands, England, formed in 2022. They deliver dead-eyed thrash and groove from central England.
Fayetteville, Arkansas's Deadeyejack have been peddling Southern-fried sludge metal since 2004, marinating heavy riffs in Ozark grime and swampy, hard-living swagger. They share a city with Deadbird and a talent for making the American South sound genuinely menacing.
Deadeyes is a stoner metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, active since 2013. They deliver heavy stoner metal from Scotland's largest city.
Deadfall is a death metal band from Belarus, active since 2011 and working within the country's underground extreme metal scene. Their sound channels raw, unrelenting death metal aggression through punishing riff work and guttural vocal delivery.
Miami's Deadfate have been pushing metalcore since 2014, injecting South Florida heat and Latin energy into a genre often dominated by colder climates. Their relentless live reputation underpins everything they commit to tape.
Deadflash is a black and death metal band from Katowice, Poland, formed in 2022. The project merges black metal's darkness with death metal's aggression from the Upper Silesian scene.
Deadflesh is a death metal band from Roskilde, Denmark, formed in 2022. They play crushing death metal from the historic Danish city.
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