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Descent Ark is a southern/groove metal and metalcore band from the Barcelona/Canet de Mar area of Spain, active since 2012. They merge southern groove with metalcore intensity from the Catalan coast.
Dynamic Progressive Metal from Houston.
Descent into Maelstrom is a melodic death metal band from Piacenza, Italy, formed in 2017 by Andrea Bignardi. The project's distinctive approach fuses metal intensity with dodecaphonic twelve-tone compositional techniques, creating an ambitious marriage of avant-garde classical theory and heavy music.
Descent to Destruction is a black and death metal band from Malmo, Sweden, formed in 2025. The project merges black metal with death metal from southern Sweden.
Louisville, Kentucky's Descention have developed a distinctive hybrid since 2010, layering death metal aggression over the churning, down-tuned foundation of groove and sludge metal. The combination draws on Louisville's well-established sludge traditions while pushing into heavier, more abrasive territory.
Descerebration is a death metal band from Minas Gerais, Brazil, originating in Três Pontas and later associated with Varginha, known for brutal death metal executed with technical precision. Their discography spans releases including the EP "Diabolical Grinder" (1999), the full-length "Underground Victory" (2001) on Mutilation Records, "The Crusaders 666 X" (2005), and "Blasphemy Desecration" (2021) through Brutaller Records and DFL Records.
Descompasso is a Brazilian black metal project that blends elements of punk with raw black metal. Their release "MMXVIII," uploaded to Bandcamp in 2021 through Terror Noturno, is an 8-track album that showcases a stripped-down, underground aesthetic characteristic of the Brazilian black metal underground.
Harlingen's Descry have been a fixture of the Rio Grande Valley death metal scene since 2006, making them one of the longer-running extreme metal acts in South Texas. Their longevity speaks to a deep commitment to the genre, delivering death metal from one of the state's most isolated metal communities.
Descuartizador is a black metal band from Guatemala City, formed in 2014 and signed to Culebra Anticorporation Records. The band explores themes of death, mutilation, and blasphemy, releasing their debut EP Imágenes siniestras in 2014 followed by the EP Nazareno maldito in 2021. Their 2017 demo Visiones de Muerte introduced their raw, uncompromising approach to the genre.
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