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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Distained is a power metal band from Pälkäne, Finland, formed in 2024. They play stained-glass power metal from the Finnish lakeland.
Distance or Die is a heavy and thrash metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2020. The band deliver riff-driven heavy thrash rooted in the classic sounds of the genre.
Distant is a symphonic folk black metal band from Uddevalla, Sweden, formed in 2017. The project blends folk and symphonic elements with black metal.
Distant Fear is a thrash metal band from Germany, formed in 2019. They channel fear and aggression through relentless thrash metal.
Distant Garden is a black metal project based in the UK and France, operating under the Wolf & Raven banner. Their releases Not the End, Never the End and the self-titled Distant Garden draw from the atmospheric and lone-wolf traditions of European black metal.
Distant Legacy is a symphonic/power metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 2024. They build grand, orchestral power metal with sweeping ambition.
Distant Past plays progressive and melodic heavy metal from Kaufdorf in the Bernese region, active since 2010 and crafting compositions that balance classic heavy metal's power with progressive rock's structural ambition. Their name evokes the historical themes that often inspire their grandiose, narrative-driven songwriting.
Distant Shadow is a groove/thrash metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2025. They cast heavy shadows through groove and thrash metal.
Distant Shapes is a melodic death and doom metal band from Nitra, Slovakia, formed in 2016. The project merges melodic death metal with doom metal's weight.
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