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A death metal band from Peer in Limburg, Demolished formed in 2005 and earned recognition after winning Belgium's national Metal Battle competition and performing on the W.E.T. stage at Wacken Open Air. The band operates as an independent act within the Belgian underground death metal circuit.
Demolishment was a death/thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2011 and active until splitting up around 2015. The band released the single "Abscond" (2011), the EP "Our Fury Is Unleashed" (2013), and the full-length "Liturgia Negra" (2018).
New York's Demolition Hammer were one of the most brutal and relentless acts in American thrash metal, forming in 1986 in the Bronx and developing a ferocious deathrash hybrid that put them in the same conversation as Possessed and early Sepultura. Their first two albums — Tortured Existence (1990) and the incendiary Epidemic of Violence (1992) — are considered landmark records in the genre, displaying a punishing technical aggression and extreme metal ferocity that pushed thrash toward death metal's extremity, ensuring their enduring cult status.
Demolition Train is a heavy and speed metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2009 by brothers Apostolis and Vasilis Korakas on guitars, drummer Nikos Niavis, and bassist Michalis Papadimitriou. Their discography includes the Kill Your Boss demo-EP (2011), the full-length Unleash the Hordes (2015), and Bound by Horror, Sealed with Blood.
Demolizer is a thrash metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2018. They deliver high-energy thrash from the Danish capital.
Demolyn is a black metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2022. The project channels dark black metal from the west coast.
Demon is a legendary NWOBHM/heavy metal/hard rock band from Leek, England, active since 2006, with a sound that evolved through progressive rock/AOR and back to heavy metal. They are iconic figures of the British heavy metal tradition.
Demon Bell is a black, speed, and thrash metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2016. With releases like the 'Steel Sorcery' EP and 'Evoked & Menacing,' the band channels old-school metal ferocity with occult undertones.
Providence, Rhode Island's Demon Chrome have been channeling classic heavy metal and hard rock energy since 2019, drawing on New England's deep rock lineage while polishing it into something sharp and propulsive. Their sound recalls the hook-driven grandeur of traditional metal with a modern grit befitting their city.
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