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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
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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Denicalis is a black and death metal band from Ostersund, Sweden, formed in 1999. One of the veteran extreme metal acts from the Jamtland region.
Denied is a progressive death metal band from Gera, Germany, active since 2012. They channel death metal through progressive structures and adventurous songwriting.
Denied Emotions is a melodic death metal band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2016. The project delivers emotionally charged melodic death metal with Scandinavian-influenced aggression from the Piedmontese scene.
Anaheim's Denied Existence have been grinding out uncompromising death metal in the shadow of Southern California's extreme scene since 2012. Their music is rooted in classic OSDM aesthetics — punishing rhythm work, cavernous vocals, and riffs built to crush rather than impress.
Denied Redemption is a black metal band from Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil, with a focus on occultism and Left Hand Path themes. They released the full-length album "Egregora Tenebrae" in 2012 via Misanthropic Records, a limited edition of 1,000 copies recorded and mixed at Estúdio 1 in Brasília between 2010 and 2011.
Denigrata is an avant-garde black metal band from Northampton, England, formed in 2015. They push black metal into avant-garde extremes from the English Midlands.
Denigrate is a band from Tuusula, Finland, formed in 2015, whose sound evolved from gothic metal into progressive/doom metal and rock. Their artistic evolution spans multiple genres while maintaining a dark aesthetic.
Denim and Leather is a traditional heavy metal band from Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. The band is signed to Kill Again Records and has appeared on compilations including a cover of Manilla Road's "Open the Gates" on the tribute album "The Riddle Masters" (2007), reflecting their deep roots in classic heavy metal.
Denis Maloletnev plays melodic/progressive death metal from Kaluga, active since 2021 and bringing technical solo-artist compositions to the Russian melodeath scene. His personal-name format signals a one-person vision of complex, emotionally resonant extreme metal.
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