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Irrational Pull (2020)
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Damagedone is a groove metal band from Mogilev, Belarus, formed in 2016 and delivering thick, rhythmically punishing riffs anchored in the groove metal tradition. Their sound emphasizes headbanging momentum and crushing low-end heaviness.
Damageflag is a thrash metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, active since 2012. They deliver fierce thrash from the Northern Irish capital.
Groove metal from Dallas. Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul post-Pantera project.
Damager is a speed/thrash metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2021. They play blistering speed/thrash from southeastern France.
Buffalo's Damages have been crafting melodic death metal with a pronounced sense of craft and songwriting depth since 2009. They channel the Scandinavian melodeath template through an American lens, adding their own blue-collar edge to the genre's soaring sensibility.
DamageScape is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Manchester, active since 2015 and forging riff-driven material in one of Britain's most vibrant musical cities. Their landscape-of-destruction name suits compositions built on powerful guitar work and commanding vocal performances.
Damas is a thrash/heavy metal band from Marseille, France, active since 2011. They deliver Mediterranean thrash and heavy metal from France's port city.
Muskegon, Michigan's Damascus have carved out a decade-plus career in melodic heavy metal, balancing accessible hooks with enough muscle to satisfy the hard rock and metal overlap. Their sound favors melody and clean production within a traditional heavy metal framework.
Raleigh's Damascus Steel wield the genre's most literal name with conviction, delivering high-octane power metal forged for arenas and festival stages. Formed in 2022, they bring soaring vocals, galloping rhythms, and the kind of anthemic songwriting that defines the style.
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