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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Dukh Dakomposita is a black metal band from Ukraine, formed in 2024. The project delivers dark black metal.
Dukha plays thrash metal from Stuttgart, active since 2017 and named after the Buddhist concept of suffering. Their music channels that existential dissatisfaction into aggressive, driving compositions that find catharsis in velocity and volume.
Dulcamara is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Toledo, Spain, active since 2013. Named after the bittersweet nightshade, they blend melodic beauty with metalcore's intensity.
Dulcedo Odii is a black and death metal band from Leszno, Poland, formed in 2025. The project's Latin name, meaning 'Sweetness of Hatred,' reflects its dark extreme metal approach.
Dulia is a black and death metal band from Sicily, Italy, formed in 2024. The project merges black metal's darkness with death metal's brutality from the Sicilian underground.
Dull is a band from Duisburg, Germany, whose sound evolved from technical death metal into groove/thrash metal. Their progression reflects a shift from technical complexity toward rhythmic heaviness.
Dull Eyes is a stoner metal/hardcore band from Düsseldorf, Germany, active since 2013. They merge stoner metal's hazy grooves with hardcore's raw intensity.
Dullboozer is a death/thrash metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2014. They deliver heavy death/thrash from the Catalan capital.
Dulle Griet is a sludge, black metal, and post-hardcore trio from London, formed in 2024 by vocalist Ivan Ferreira, drummer Ardo Cotones, and multi-instrumentalist Nick Desmond. Self-described as "an apocalyptic space opera of cosmic proportions," they draw from Swedish metal, Rodin, and Mussorgsky, debuting with their 2024 self-titled EP recorded at Bonafide Studios.
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