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Middletown, New Jersey black metal act Degrader have been at it since 2015, forging a cold, uncompromising sound in a state where the urban proximity of the tri-state area breeds a particular bleakness into extreme music. Their black metal is rooted in the tradition — harsh, atmospheric, and uninterested in softening its edges.
Cypress, California's Degravation have been at it since 2012, stitching together melodic thrash, heavy metal hooks, and metalcore intensity into a sound that reflects the eclectic SoCal scene they came up in. The melodic thread running through their work gives the heavier elements emotional weight beyond pure aggression.
Seattle death metal act Degraved emerged in 2021, adding to a Pacific Northwest scene with a long track record of incubating serious, world-class extreme music. Their death metal is rooted in the genre's foundational values — punishing tempos, down-tuned menace, and riffs built to pulverize — carrying on a regional tradition that shows no signs of slowing.
Degredo plays black metal from Portugal, active since 2018 and whose Portuguese name — meaning "exile" or "banishment" — captures the isolation and alienation at the heart of their atmospheric compositions. Their thematic focus on exile gives their black metal a distinctly melancholic, wandering character.
Portland's Degree Absolute have been cultivating technical progressive metal since 2000, making them one of the longer-tenured acts in a city whose underground favors ambitious, genre-defying projects. Over a quarter-century of activity, they've built a sound that rewards close listening — complex time signatures, intricate arrangements, and the compositional patience that only comes with experience.
Degrees of Truth is a female-fronted progressive symphonic metal band from Varese, Italy, formed in 2016. With four albums through Scarlet Records including 'A L C H E M I S T S,' the band crafts ambitious progressive metal enriched with symphonic grandeur.
Degress is a black and thrash metal band from Postojna, Slovenia, formed in 2018. The project fuses black metal with thrash velocity from the Karst region.
Degutas is a psychedelic black metal project from Vilnius formed in 2023, blurring the boundaries between black metal's tremolo-driven intensity and psychedelia's swirling, mind-altering textures. Their Lithuanian name adds a local dimension to a sound that transcends geographic boundaries.
Degüll is a black metal trio from Santiago, Chile whose music is deeply rooted in Chilean mythology and occultism. Their 2019 album 'Traiguén' draws its track titles — including 'Trauco,' 'Ivunche,' and 'Cueva de Quicaví' — directly from Chilote folklore, and incorporates traditional instruments such as the trompe and bombo legüero alongside conventional black metal instrumentation. The album was recorded by Pedro Millalen at El Patio Producciones and mastered by Álvaro Tapia at Jitaku Records.
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