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December Wind is a doom metal band from Sala, Sweden, formed in 2022. The project delivers crushing doom metal.
One of Boston's most restless extreme metal acts, December Wolves have spent over two decades defying easy categorization — moving from savage death/black metal into industrialized post-black territory without losing their teeth. Their evolution mirrors the shifting, bitter cold of a New England winter that never fully yields to spring.
December XII plays power metal from Kursk, active since 2012 and delivering melodic, high-energy compositions from the Central Black Earth region. Their calendar-date name adds enigmatic significance to music built on soaring vocals and driving rhythms.
Decemberance is a death/doom metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 1998 and self-described as "exploring the deepest aspects of inner hell since 1997." Their discography spans from early demos through Inside (2009) and Conceiving Hell (2017) to the 2023 album Implosions, representing over two decades of introspective extreme metal.
Decembrance is a progressive metal and gothic rock band from Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany, active since 2005. They merge progressive metal's complexity with the dark atmosphere of gothic rock across two decades of creativity.
Decencya is a melodic death metal band from Thaon-les-Vosges, France, active since 2013. They deliver melodic death metal from the Vosges mountains.
Decended is a power metal band from Joensuu, Finland, active since 2012. They play energetic power metal from eastern Finland.
Decent is a death metal band from Valence, France, active since 2005. With two decades of activity, they are experienced death metal practitioners from the Rhône Valley.
Founded in 2007 in Bütgenbach in the German-speaking community of eastern Belgium, Decent Invasion blends metalcore with nu-metal, hardcore, and thrash into a genre-defying sound that resists easy categorization. After a four-year hiatus the band returned as a trio, delivering gnarly groove-heavy riffs alongside metalcore aggression.
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