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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
05/15 @ Paribu Art - Ana Sahne, İstanbul
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Deneb is a black metal band from Rybnik, Poland, formed in 2021. Named after the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus, the project channels cosmic black metal.
Named after the tail-star of Leo, Derry, New Hampshire's Denebola launched in 2025 with a cosmically bleak convergence of doom, death, and black metal that suits the cold granite desolation of New England. Their multi-genre approach maps the boundaries between suffocating heaviness and icy atmosphere, suggesting a young band already comfortable in dark, expansive territory.
Denever is a black metal band from Ozd, Hungary, formed in 2022. The band channel raw black metal darkness from the Hungarian underground.
Denfire is a São Paulo-based thrash metal solo project launched in 2021 by a multi-instrumentalist who spent over 30 years playing in bands across Brazil and the UK. The debut EP "Riding the Winds of Death" (2021), recorded at Dual Noise Studios in São Paulo, delivers an old-school blend of thrash, death, and heavy metal, followed by the full-length album "Rise Up".
Denia is a gothic metal band from Jaén, Spain, active since 2009. They deliver dark gothic metal from the olive-rich Andalusian highlands.
Denial of Death is a black/death metal band from the Nuremberg/Würzburg area of Germany, formed in 2021. They confront mortality through savage black/death metal extremity.
Denial of Existence is a death/doom metal band from the Dormagen/Elsdorf area of Germany, formed in 2023. They explore nihilistic themes through oppressive death/doom heaviness.
Denial of God is a black metal band from Sønderborg, Denmark, active since 2012. They explore blasphemous themes through dark, ritualistic black metal.
Tacoma, Washington's Denial of Life emerged in 2019 at the hard-boiled intersection of thrash and crossover, channeling the Pacific Northwest's storied punk-metal underground into something caustic and pit-ready. Their sound carries the working-class aggression of Tacoma's industrial waterfront — raw, fast, and free of pretension.
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