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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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Deal with It is a thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Leeds, England, formed in 2023. They deliver no-nonsense crossover thrash from West Yorkshire.
Dealer is a NWOBHM/heavy metal band from Cirencester, England, active since 2012. They deal classic British heavy metal from the Cotswolds.
Deals is a heavy metal band from Hungary, formed in 2020. The band deliver classic heavy metal with a straightforward, riff-driven approach.
DeaMantide is a groove and thrash metal band from San Demetrio Corone, in the Cosenza province of Calabria, Italy, formed in 2011. The project delivers crushing groove-laden thrash metal from the deep south of the Italian underground.
Dean Wallace is a heavy metal artist from Praz-sur-Arly, France, active since 2024. They deliver classic heavy metal from the French Alps.
Deangersmith is a heavy metal band from London, England, active since 2014. They deliver dangerous heavy metal from the British capital.
Lexington, Kentucky's Deanimator grind together death metal, thrash, and grindcore with economical brutality and no interest in genre purity since 2013. Short, fast, and built to destroy.
Columbus, Ohio's Deapscufa began in raw black metal territory before evolving toward symphonic grandeur, adding orchestral sweep to their darkness over years of activity since 2022. Their trajectory reflects genuine artistic restlessness.
Brockton, Massachusetts has a long history of producing hard, no-nonsense music, and Dear Life carry that spirit into heavy metal with direct, muscular songwriting since their 2022 formation. Working-class roots run through every riff.
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