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Dictated plays death metal from Kampen in Overijssel, active since 2015 and commanding attention through authoritative, precisely executed compositions. Their name's imperious tone carries into music that leaves no room for negotiation — only submission.
Dictator is a black metal and funeral doom band from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2020 and merging the icy hostility of black metal with the glacial pacing and crushing weight of funeral doom. Their sound channels despair and darkness through extended, suffocating compositions.
Dictatoreyes is a black and death metal band from Miglianico, in the Chieti province of Abruzzo, Italy, formed in 2003. One of the veteran extreme metal acts in the Abruzzo region, the project delivers uncompromising blackened death metal.
Dictatorshit is a thrash and groove metal band from Puerto Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Argentina, featuring vocalist Hernán Carbone, guitarists Ivan Sosa and Eduardo Farias, bassist Claudio Lemes, and drummer Bruno Carcamo. The band released their debut EP Exterminio in June 2012, recorded at Polymúsica Studios in Río Gallegos, followed by the two-track Masacre al Sur in 2016.
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.
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