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Deathcraft is a death/black metal band from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, active since 2014. They craft dark extreme metal from the Basque heartland.
Deathcrafted is a symphonic death metal and deathcore band from Presov, Slovakia, formed in 2021. The project blends symphonic elements with extreme metal.
Cleveland's DeathCrawl have spent over fifteen years mining the depths where sludge and doom converge, producing music that carries the industrial weight of the Rust Belt in every lumbering riff. They formed in 2008 and have never picked up the pace.
Richmond, Virginia's Deathcrown have been building a death metal reputation in one of the East Coast's most underrated heavy scenes since 2016 — direct, punishing, and rooted in classic death metal aesthetics without sounding derivative.
Deathcrush is a black metal and brutal death metal band from Bessude, in the Sassari province of Sardinia, Italy, formed in 2013. The project delivers uncompromising extreme metal fury from the Sardinian underground.
Deathcup is a sludge/doom metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2013. They pour out thick, toxic sludge and crushing doom from Germany's capital.
Deathcvlt crafts melodic black/death metal from the Adriatic port of Ancona, balancing the darkness of extreme metal with carefully constructed melodic passages. Their stylized name signals allegiance to the underground while their music demonstrates a sophisticated grasp of melody within brutality.
Ogden, Utah's Deathead have been running speed and thrash metal through the Mountain West's DIY circuit since 2004 — a two-decade-plus run that's given them a well-earned tightness and a genuinely menacing live reputation.
Deathember is a melodic death metal band from Huddinge, Sweden, formed in 2011. The project delivers Scandinavian melodic death metal from the Stockholm area.
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