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Didodub is a folk metal band from Kyiv, Ukraine, formed in 2022. The project blends Ukrainian folk elements with metal.
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a genre-defying band from Apolda/Weimar, Germany, active since 2003, whose sound evolved from death/folk metal into a massive blend of heavy, groove, and folk metal with rock. They are one of Germany's most adventurous and long-running metal acts.
Die Dunkelheit ruft is an atmospheric black metal project from Germany, active since 2009. They summon the calling darkness through immersive, atmospheric black metal soundscapes.
Die Ego is a heavy and doom metal band from London, formed in 2018, who describe their sound as deliberately non-modern and non-commercial. Their discography includes the albums 74 Days Staring at the Void and Culto, as well as the demo Songs for the Insanity.
Die for Me is a gothic metal band from Valencia, Spain, formed in 2024. They deliver dark gothic metal from the Mediterranean coast.
Die Hard is a death and thrash metal band from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2023. The project channels aggressive death/thrash metal.
Die in Agony is a melodic death/groove metal band from Augsburg, Germany, formed in 2020. They combine melodic death metal hooks with groove metal's rhythmic weight.
Die Kreatur is a German industrial metal project formed in 2019, built around the creative partnership of Dero Goi (vocalist of OOMPH!) and Chris Harms (vocalist of Lord of the Lost). The band's sound blends Neue Deutsche Härte with gothic rock, underpinned by electronic production and the complementary vocal chemistry of its two frontmen. Their debut album Panoptikum was released in 2020 on Napalm Records.
Die Kreuzung is a black metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 1984. One of the oldest extreme metal acts in Russia, the project has delivered four decades of black metal.
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