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Destince is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Marburg, Germany, formed in 2019. They push melodic death metal into progressive territory with ambitious songwriting.
Huntsville, Alabama's Destined have been exploring gothic metal's atmospheric and emotional dimensions since 2010, drawing on the genre's lineage of darkness, melody, and minor-key grandeur. In a city better known for aerospace engineering than gothic aesthetics, they carve out a space of deliberate shadow.
Destined to Burn is a thrash metal and hardcore act from Belgium's Limburg province, fusing the speed and riff intensity of thrash with hardcore's confrontational energy. Active since 2015, they deliver high-octane music built for both circle pits and stage dives.
Destinesia is a heavy/groove metal and metalcore band from London, England, formed in 2017. They deliver a versatile blend of heavy metal styles from the British capital.
Destinity is a band from Lyon, France, active since 2002, whose sound evolved from black metal through symphonic black/death metal to melodic thrash/death metal. Their two-decade journey spans multiple extreme metal subgenres.
Destino Eterno is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Concepción, Chile, formed in 2016. The band debuted the same year with their "Contracorriente" EP, a six-track release featuring songs sung in Spanish that blend melodic death metal riffing with metalcore structures. They are signed to the Vessels Space label.
Destiny Dawn is a heavy metal band from Larissa, Greece, formed in 2025. The band channel the melodic power and epic grandeur of classic heavy metal.
Destiny Old Die is a doom metal band from Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, Brazil, operating within the greater Recife metropolitan area. Active and listed on Encyclopaedia Metallum, the band contributes to the underground doom metal scene of northeastern Brazil.
Minneapolis thrash act Destitute have been honing their craft since 2013, operating in the aggressive, no-nonsense tradition of Midwestern thrash that prizes velocity and groove in equal measure. Their name matches the aesthetic: stripped of excess, down to the bone.
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