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Drifter is a heavy metal and thrash metal band from Uster, Switzerland, formed in 2022 and channeling the high-energy riffing and aggressive rhythms of classic metal. Their early releases demonstrate a commitment to the raw power and speed of the thrash-heavy metal crossover.
Drifting Mines is a heavy metal band from Venice, Italy, formed in 2012. The project delivers classic heavy metal energy from the Venetian underground.
Drihil is a groove/thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2012. They play heavy grooves and thrash from the Finnish capital.
Drill plays depressive black metal from Russia, active since 2019 and boring through emotional defenses with relentless, anguished compositions. Their mechanical-tool name captures the repetitive, piercing quality of DSBM's most hypnotic strains.
Drill Star Autopsy is a death/groove metal band from Eisleben, Germany, formed in 2018. They combine death metal's brutality with groove metal's rhythmic drive.
Driller is a heavy metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland. The band craft straightforward, riff-heavy traditional metal in their independently released material.
Drillworm started as a death/groove metal act in Kazan before shifting toward thrash metal and hardcore. Active since 2015, their parasitic name and genre evolution speak to a restless creativity that refuses to settle in one sonic body.
Drinking Skull is a thrash metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, active since 1990. With over three decades of activity, the band are one of the longest-running thrash metal acts in the Croatian metal scene.
Drioma is a stoner metal/rock band from Kumanovo in North Macedonia, channeling the genre's trademark fuzz-drenched riffs and laid-back grooves through a Balkan sensibility. Their name — derived from a Greek word related to drowsiness — captures the hypnotic, trance-inducing quality of their heavy, psychedelic sound.
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