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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Defiled Souls is a death/groove metal band from Schrobenhausen, Germany, formed in 2024. They combine death metal's brutality with groove metal's rhythmic power.
Defilementory is a brutal death metal band from Roskilde, Denmark, active since 2014. They deliver savage brutal death metal from one of Denmark's most historic cities.
Southampton, Massachusetts' Defiler formed in 2022 pushing a death/thrash hybrid that channels the aggressive traditions of New England extreme metal into something raw and direct. The Pioneer Valley has a long, underappreciated extreme metal history, and Defiler carry that lineage with a sound built on speed and riff density.
Boynton Beach, Florida's Defiler formed in 2022 at the crossroads of black metal and thrash, channeling both subgenres' antagonistic energy into a sound that feels native to South Florida's harsh, blistering climate. Their blackthrash approach borrows from the genre's most confrontational traditions without getting lost in its aesthetics.
Define is a heavy metal band from Valkeala, Finland, formed in 2016. They play defined, riff-driven heavy metal.
Maine's Defined Perspective arrived in 2024 fusing heavy metal, thrash, and metalcore in a state where extreme metal has to survive harsh winters and an even harsher lack of infrastructure. Their genre-blending approach reflects the pragmatism of a band that plays what they want without worrying about scene politics.
Definer plays melodic death metal from Syktyvkar in the Komi Republic, formed in 2025 and seeking to define their place in the growing Arctic metal scene. Their name's declarative quality drives compositions that establish boundaries through melodic precision.
Definition of Insanity is a melodic heavy metal band with death metal elements from Bremerhaven, Germany, formed in 2022. They blend heavy metal melody with death metal's extreme edge.
Mansfield, Ohio's Definitive1 formed in 2025 with a crossover thrash sound that ties together hardcore's urgency and metal's riff muscle — a formula born in the 1980s that continues to find new practitioners. Mansfield sits in the industrial heartland of Ohio, and that gritty context suits crossover's working-class fury perfectly.
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