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Downrage is a metalcore band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2013. The band combine aggressive metalcore breakdowns with melodic elements in their heavy sound.
Downscape is a death metal band from Münster, Germany, active since 2014. They play crushing death metal with a downward-spiraling intensity.
Downslot is a thrash metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, founded in 2008 by Ivan Delibaltov and Vasil Andonov, later joined by Ilian Shiklov and drummer Stoyan Iliev. Their 2012 debut 'God Is War' delivers seven tracks of aggressive, riff-driven underground metal.
San Diego's Downspell has been working the volatile border between metalcore and death metal since 2011, carving out a sound that draws on the rhythmic attack of metalcore while pushing toward the rawer brutality of death metal. Southern California's proximity to the Mexican border and its dense, multilayered underground scene give Downspell's music a gritty, street-level energy that distinguishes it from more polished genre exercises. Over a decade in, they represent a tenacious underground presence in a city with fierce competition for heavy music territory.
Downstone is a melodic heavy metal band from Oulu, Finland, emerging in 2025. They deliver melodic heaviness from northern Finland.
Downstream is a melodic death metal band from Streithausen, Germany, active since 2013. They deliver emotive melodic death metal from the Westerwald region.
Downswitch is a groove metal/metalcore band from Køge, Denmark, active since 2011. They combine groove metal's weight with metalcore's modern dynamics.
Downthroat plays brutal death metal from Anadia in the Beira region, active since 1999 and among Portugal's longest-running brutal death metal acts. Over a quarter century they've maintained an unwavering commitment to the genre's most punishing extremes.
Downtime plays melodic death metal and metalcore from Kassel in Hesse, active since 2017 and exploring the intersection of Scandinavian melodeath and modern metalcore. Their name's suggestion of rest and recuperation contrasts sharply with the intensity of their sound.
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