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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Depersonalisation Diagnosis is a depressive black metal project from England, formed in 2020. They explore psychological dissociation through raw depressive black metal.
Depersonalization is a depressive black metal and dark ambient project from Hungary, formed in 2020. The project explores themes of mental dissociation through the lens of DSBM and dark atmospheric textures.
Dephacer is a thrash metal band from Messina, Sicily, formed in 2012. The project channels aggressive thrash metal energy from the Sicilian underground.
Cocoa, Florida's Dephiled have been issuing brutal death metal from the Space Coast since 2018, channeling Florida's legendary extreme metal heritage into a relentless barrage of low-tuned aggression. Their music sits firmly in the brutal death tradition — technically demanding, punishingly heavy, and unapologetically abrasive.
Dephosphorus is a death/black metal and grindcore band from Athens, coined as "astrogrind" for their fusion of grindcore with science fiction and astronomy themes. Featuring guitarist Thanos Mantas, vocalist Panos Agoros, drummer John Votsis, and bassist Kostas Ragiadakos, their fifth album Planetoktonos (2025), mastered by James Plotkin, explores Dyson spheres and superintelligence inspired by The Expanse novels.
Depicting Abysm plays atmospheric black metal from Saint Petersburg, active since 2013 and painting the void through immersive, reverb-drenched compositions. Their artistic name — depicting the abyss — treats black metal as visual art, each song a portrait of endless depth.
Depilatory is a crossover thrash band from Bologna, Italy, formed in 2016. The project merges thrash metal aggression with punk energy in a fast and furious crossover assault from the Emilia-Romagna scene.
Portland, Oregon's Depleted occupy the outer reaches of funeral doom, crafting music since 2018 that moves at geological pace beneath a suffocating weight of distortion and grief. Rooted in the Pacific Northwest's damp melancholy, their songs unfold as slow rituals — sustained tones and abyssal silence stretched to their absolute limit.
Depo is a heavy metal band from Pilsen, Czech Republic, active since 2014 and delivering straightforward, riff-driven heavy metal. Their sound channels the power and directness of the classic heavy metal tradition through the Czech underground scene.
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