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Die Proud is a death, groove, metalcore, and thrash metal band from Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia, formed in 2012. The project blends multiple aggressive metal styles.
Die Satansengel von Nevada is a sludge metal/punk band from Dresden, Germany, active since 2012. Their name's wild absurdity matches a sound that merges sludge metal's heaviness with punk's raw defiance.
Die Schwarze Sonne is a black metal band from Finland, active since 2012. Their German name meaning 'the black sun,' they channel occult darkness through black metal.
Austin all-female hardcore quartet. Signed to Third Man Records. Metal Hammer called them the best new band in the world.
Die Sunde is a black metal band from Padua, Italy, formed in 2020. The project's German-titled name, meaning 'The Sin,' reflects its dark and transgressive approach to black metal.
A metal band from Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria, spanning death metal, melodic death metal, metalcore, and thrash metal influences. Based in Austria's westernmost state, they represent the active metal underground of the Vorarlberg region bordering Germany and Switzerland.
Die Tonight, performing as We Die Tonight, is a metalcore and melodic death metal band from Bristol, England, active since 2010. Their releases including the EPs Stem the Tide and Portraits earned them recognition in the British underground for their blend of crushing brutality and melodic hardcore passion.
A Viennese darkwave and neoclassical project founded in 1993 by Richard Lederer (Protector) and Michael Gregor (Silenius) of the black metal band Summoning. Their music consists entirely of keyboards and vocals — drawing on poets John Dowland and Percy Bysshe Shelley — and their third album 'In Darkness Let Me Dwell' (1999) was released via Napalm Records.
Die Vorboten started as a death/folk metal band in the coastal city of Wismar before transitioning into industrial hard rock, tracing one of the more unusual genre arcs in the German underground. Their German name — meaning "the harbingers" — proved prophetic, as they heralded their own sonic transformation.
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