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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Denis Shvarts plays progressive/technical death metal from Yelets in Lipetsk Oblast, active since 2014. His virtuosic solo output channels the precision of technical death metal through a progressive lens, producing compositions of remarkable individual accomplishment.
Denizen is a Belgian heavy metal band active since 2011, forging traditional heavy metal with the conviction and power that the genre demands. Their name — meaning an inhabitant or dweller — suggests a band firmly embedded in and committed to the heavy metal world.
Denizens is a black metal band from the UK, formed in 2023. They play raw, atmospheric black metal from the British underground.
Denkenwald is an experimental doom metal band from Rivne, Ukraine, formed in 2021. The project pushes doom metal boundaries with experimental elements.
Denner / Shermann is a heavy metal project formed in Copenhagen by Michael Denner and Hank Shermann, the legendary guitar duo from Mercyful Fate and King Diamond. Their reunion project carries forward the twin-guitar legacy that helped define Danish heavy metal, delivering material steeped in the classic NWOBHM-influenced style they pioneered in the early 1980s.
Denomination is a death metal band from Hagen, Germany. They deliver brutal, unrelenting death metal from the Westphalian underground.
Denounce is a death/thrash metal band from Gravesend, England, active since 2014. They deliver denouncing death/thrash from the Thames estuary.
Charleston, South Carolina's Denounced Disgraced arrived in 2025 at the boundary of melodic death metal and deathcore, fusing the harmonic intensity of Scandinavian-influenced melody with the breakdown-fueled aggression that defines modern extreme American metal. As a debut-era act, they represent a new generation of Southern heavy music reaching for a more expansive sonic identity.
Dense Haze is a doom, sludge, and stoner metal band from Opole, Poland, formed in 2025. The project delivers heavy, fuzzed-out doom and stoner riffs from the Upper Silesian scene.
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