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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Dagor is an experimental death/black metal band from Mannheim, Germany, formed in 2021. They push the boundaries of extreme metal with avant-garde compositions that blur the lines between death and black metal.
Dagorquest rises from Modica in Sicily's Ragusa province, forging a blackened death metal sound steeped in aggression and dark fantasy themes. Their music merges the blasting intensity of death metal with the tremolo-driven atmosphere of black metal in the tradition of the southern Italian underground.
Schaumburg, Illinois' Dagoth channels the speed metal and thrash overlap where tempos hit maximum velocity and the riffs carry a razor-sharp urgency. Since 2018, they've embraced the more amphetamine-fueled end of the thrash spectrum.
Dagothar plays doom metal from Gothenburg, active since 2019 and delivering crushing compositions from the city that gave the world melodic death metal. Their fantasy name and doom-metal allegiance represent a deliberate departure from their hometown's melodeath legacy.
Dagsetr is a black metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2021. The band channel raw black metal intensity from the Hungarian underground.
Dagötkmelir is a black/death metal solo project from Santiago, Chile, created by Diego H. von Kunowsky. The project released a self-titled album on Bandcamp, operating in the underground extreme metal sphere with minimal public profile beyond that release.
Dahaca is a groove metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2013. The project delivers heavy and rhythmic groove metal from the Polish capital.
Dahakara is an experimental black metal band from Istanbul, Turkey, formed in 2014. The project pushes black metal boundaries with experimental elements.
Dahlian is a progressive black metal band from Mainz, Germany, active since 2013. Their music blends aggressive metal with ambient and acoustic passages, featuring introspective lyrics that explore identity and existential themes across releases like "Moonlit."
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