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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Los Angeles thrash/death outfit Deathwatch has been on patrol since 2017, fusing the mechanized aggression of death metal with the whiplash velocity of Bay Area-style thrash. Tight riff construction and a clear reverence for the genre's formative era.
Deathwhisper is a speed/thrash metal and punk act from Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca, formed in 2025 and blending thrash velocity with punk's raw attitude. Their name suggests menace delivered softly — a quiet threat that explodes into sonic violence.
Pittsburgh's Deathwhite has carved a singular path through melodic doom and gothic metal since 2014, pairing somber, clean-sung melodies with dense, emotionally heavy arrangements. Their sound evokes the grey architecture of an industrial city learning to mourn beautifully.
Deathwind plays death/doom metal from Moscow, formed in 2023 and channeling the cold winds of mortality through slow, crushing compositions. Their elemental name suits music that combines death metal's aggression with doom's inexorable weight.
Deathwish is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Opwijk, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, formed in 2016 with members drawn from Dawn of Clarity and the Belgian cult act Endor. Their 2019 self-titled five-track EP introduced a sound that balances melodic death metal's harmonic vocabulary with metalcore's structural weight.
Deathwish Apocalypse is a death metal band from Germany, emerging in 2025. They bring apocalyptic visions to life through devastating death metal.
Deathwitch is a black and thrash metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1993. One of Sweden's veteran black/thrash acts with three decades of extreme metal.
Deathwomb is a black/death metal band from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, formed in 2017. They deliver extreme metal fury from the Canary Islands.
Deathwork is a Catanian death/thrash metal band formed in 2021, combining Sicily's tradition of extreme metal with the relentless energy of thrash. Their name suggests a workmanlike devotion to their craft — death metal as daily labor, forged in the shadow of Mount Etna.
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