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Diabolic Force is a blackened thrash metal power trio from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, drawing comparisons to first-wave acts like Venom, Bulldozer, and Motörhead with a raw, Satanic aesthetic. The band released their debut full-length "March to Calvary" in 2009, followed by "Praise of Satan" in 2017 through Hells Headbangers Records. Their sound blends blackened death and thrash metal with anti-Christian and occult themes.
Diabolic Heritage is a thrash metal/hardcore band from Saarbrücken, Germany, active since 2012. They channel the aggression of thrash metal through a hardcore punk framework.
Diabolic Night is a black/speed metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 2014. They deliver blistering speed metal laced with black metal's sinister atmosphere.
Portland, Oregon's Diabolic Oath have been conjuring black/death metal in the Pacific Northwest underground since 2018. Their sound traffics in the most merciless intersection of both genres — cavernous production, blasting tempos, and a total disregard for comfort or accessibility.
Diabolic Storm is a black metal band from Nagykanizsa, Hungary, formed in 2014. The band deliver fierce black metal from the Hungarian underground.
Diabolica is a heavy metal band from Finland, active since 2014. They play dark, diabolic heavy metal.
Diabolical is a black metal band from Gliwice, Poland, formed in 2008. The project channels dark and aggressive black metal from the Upper Silesian scene.
Diabolical Autism is a raw black metal project from Italy, formed in 2025. The project channels lo-fi, uncompromising raw black metal fury with a deliberately abrasive and nihilistic approach.
Diabolical Blast is a black metal band from Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia, formed in 2012 with lyrical themes of Satanism, anti-Christianity, blasphemy, and existentialism. The band issued their first demo A la sombra de la muerte in 2015 and released their debut full-length Ancient Rites to the Moon in 2020. Their track appeared on the Legiones de Metal - Forging the Black Steel cassette compilation in 2023.
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