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Devoid of Light is a black metal band from the Avaré/Piraju region of São Paulo state, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band pursues themes of occultism and blasphemy within the Brazilian black metal underground, and is associated with the Culto ao Metal Distro label.
Devoid of Thought is a death metal band from Busto Arsizio, in the Varese province of Lombardy, Italy, formed in 2017. Their cosmic-themed releases like 'Outer World Graves' and 'Astral Necrosis' channel dark, otherworldly death metal with an atmospheric edge.
Devoider is a black and thrash metal band from Pesaro, Italy, formed in 2021. The project fuses the rawness of black metal with thrash metal's relentless velocity.
Devolted is a heavy/thrash metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2014. The band combine the melodic power of heavy metal with thrash metal aggression.
Devolution is a death/black metal band from Toulouse in southern France, formed in 2021 and channeling reverse evolution — de-evolution — into savage, primal extreme metal. Their name's suggestion of regression to a baser state matches music stripped of all refinement in favor of raw aggression.
Devolution D is a groove/thrash metal band from Finland, emerging in 2025. They deliver de-evolved, primal groove and thrash metal.
Devonian plays gothic/symphonic metal from Almeirim in the Ribatejo, active since 2019 and named after the geological period known as the "Age of Fishes." Their paleontological reference adds deep-time perspective to compositions that layer orchestral beauty over heavy, darkly romantic foundations.
Devorator is a black metal band from Samara, Russia, formed in 2013. The project channels dark black metal from the Volga region.
Devorce plays thrash metal from the Stjordal/Trondheim area of central Norway, formed in 2022 and splitting from convention with aggressive, high-velocity riffing. Their misspelled name suggests a violent severance — from expectations, from normalcy, from anything that slows the riff down.
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