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Desert Witch is a doom and stoner metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2021 by vocalist Valeria Pérez, guitarist Emilio Nova, bassist Eduardo Fuentes, and drummer Alejandro Sanhueza. The band blends doom, occult rock, and dark psychedelia, pairing dense, heavy instrumentation with melodic Spanish-language vocals. Their debut album "La Otra Razón" was released in May 2025 to international critical acclaim, with reviewers highlighting their atmospheric heaviness and distinctive vocal approach.
Deserted Fear is a death metal band from Eisenberg, Germany, formed in 2025, whose sound evolved from pure death metal toward melodic death and groove metal. They bring a modern edge to their East German death metal foundations.
A Brussels-based death and thrash metal band active from 2009 to 2021, Deserter released their debut full-length Coils of the Lesser Serpent on Vile Records, a record notable for incorporating oriental and classical music influences alongside their driving thrash-death framework. The band's drummer Sander Vogt joined in 2012 and solidified the lineup that recorded their most developed material.
Desertica is an instrumental psychedelic doom/stoner rock band from La Plata, Argentina, featuring Ricky and Javi on guitars, Arnold on bass, and Chopo on drums. The band released their debut album MobyDick in November 2025, a three-track instrumental record — comprising "Los Asteroides," "El Desernauta," and "Desertica" — recorded, mixed, and mastered by Ariel Belok at MobyDick studios in La Plata.
Desertomen is a heavy, power, and progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2022. The band blend the melodic grandeur of power metal with progressive complexity and classic heavy metal foundations.
Desertor is a Brazilian crossover/hardcore band that began in Foz do Iguaçu before relocating to Curitiba, Paraná. The project blends aggressive thrash metal with hardcore punk, and released the album "Vision Nocturna" in 2014 via their Bandcamp page. The band is associated with Christian hardcore circles in Brazil and delivered a fast, moshing crossover sound influenced by acts like R.D.P.
Fuzzed-out Stoner Rock / Metal from Austin.
Deserves to Die is a metalcore band from Doncaster in South Yorkshire, active since 2015 and delivering the genre's characteristic blend of heavy breakdowns and aggressive vocals. Their provocative name channels the confrontational spirit of hardcore into metalcore's punishing framework.
Desfiladeiro is a black metal band from São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, drawing on a dark, visceral sound that combines black metal with elements of death and thrash metal. Their lyrics, written in Portuguese, address nihilism, misanthropy, and mental illness. The band released their debut full-length "Nihil" in 2025, featuring tracks such as "Funeral de Párias" and "Profundo Abismo."
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