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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Distorted Reflection is a doom metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2024. The band craft slow, heavy doom metal compositions drawing from the genre's classic traditions.
Acton, California's DistortedFate have been building their heavy metal sound in the high desert foothills north of Los Angeles since 2021, far from the scene politics of the city proper. Their approach anchors itself in the timeless elements of the genre — driving riffs, strong hooks, and the kind of straightforward heavy metal songcraft that doesn't need qualifiers.
Distortflesh is a death metal band from Épernay, France. They deliver flesh-distorting death metal from the Champagne region.
Distortia is a melodic black metal band from Fulda, Germany, formed in 2022. They blend melodic beauty with black metal's cold intensity.
Distortum is a grindcore and death metal band from Trelew, Chubut, one of the few extreme metal acts to emerge from Argentina's Patagonian interior. Their early demos "Descerebrado lentamente" (1996) and "Descomposición acelerada" (1997) established their place in the Argentine underground extreme metal scene of the 1990s.
Distorze is a heavy/thrash metal band from Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, formed in 2012. They deliver a blend of classic heavy metal melody with thrash metal's speed and aggression.
Distoxity is a melodic death metal band from Novovoronezh, Russia, formed in 2012. The project channels emotionally charged melodic death metal from the Voronezh region.
Distract Reality is a thrash metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2015. They play fast, aggressive thrash that shatters the comfortable illusions of everyday reality.
Distraid plays heavy metal from Moscow, active since 2021 and delivering classic riff-driven compositions from Russia's vast capital city. Their distracted-name channels unfocused energy into focused, powerful heavy metal.
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