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One of the longer-running acts in the American black/death underground, Temecula, California's Draconis have been forging their sound since 1998, navigating the tension between the corrosive atmospherics of black metal and the punishing technicality of death metal across nearly three decades. Their Southern California origin — far from the genre's Scandinavian birthplace — lends their work a sun-bleached ferocity that's distinctly their own.
Draconis is a melodic death metal band from Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, founded in 2003 by vocalist/guitarist Gerardo Vargas alongside Bruno Vargas (guitar), Marcos Villarroel (bass), and César Román (drums). The band has released five studio albums, including "The Awakening of the Deads" (2014), "Spreading the Virus" (2017), "Anthems for an Eternal Battle" (2020, Brutal Records), and "We Are the Virus" (2025), and has shared stages with international acts including Amon Amarth and At the Gates.
Dracunus is a Viking/folk metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2011. They channel Norse warrior spirit through folk metal from the heart of Iberia.
Dracvlea Noctis is a symphonic black metal band from Murcia, Spain. They deliver vampiric symphonic black metal from southeastern Spain.
Dracispex is a raw black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2023. The project channels lo-fi, uncompromising raw black metal from the Norwegian capital.
Heavy Progressive Rock (early); Death Metal, Ambient / Neoclassical (later) from Fort Worth.
Draegloth is a death metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, formed in 2017. Their debut EP The Beginning of the End... delivers four tracks of melodic death metal across nearly eighteen minutes, including the ominous Reactor No.4.
Draept is a black metal band from Sweden, formed in 2017. The project channels dark black metal.
Drag the Lake is a death/thrash metal band from Nottingham, England, formed in 2012. The band combine the bludgeoning heaviness of death metal with thrash metal's velocity in their independently released output.
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