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Driven Assault is a metalcore and groove metal band from Ennis, Ireland, active since 2003. With over two decades of activity, the band are veterans of the Irish metalcore and groove metal scene.
Driven Under is a heavy metal and thrash metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland, active since 2014 and delivering hard-hitting compositions rooted in the classic traditions of heavy and thrash metal. Their sound emphasizes powerful riffs and driving rhythmic intensity.
Heavy Heavy / Groove Metal from Santa Fe.
Driveways are a Boston band whose music turns pop punk and post-hardcore into a seasonal language of grief, nostalgia, and restless motion. The group is known for an autumnal identity that goes beyond artwork or release timing: October, Halloween imagery, cold weather, coastal memory, and haunted relationships all recur as emotional architecture. EPs and albums such as Night Terrors, October Forever, Skeptic, Into the Past, Skeletal material, Tempest, and Unseen show a band that can write fast, hooky songs without making them feel lightweight. The vocals are urgent and clear, the guitars often carry a darker edge than standard pop punk, and the drums push the songs forward with enough force to connect to post-hardcore audiences. Driveways fit the punk scope through tempo, touring context, and guitar-driven catharsis, but their identity depends on atmosphere as much as genre. Their best tracks make memory feel like a physical place: a highway at night, a shoreline in bad weather, a house full of old ghosts. That specificity keeps the melodrama grounded.
Drivhell plays progressive and power metal from Milan, fusing technical musicianship with the melodic hooks and high-energy delivery that power metal demands. Their hybrid approach creates compositions that challenge listeners intellectually while keeping them hooked with anthemic refrains.
DRK is a Genoese heavy/power metal act active since 2013, delivering muscular, riff-driven material that draws from the deep well of European heavy and power metal traditions. Their abbreviated name strips away pretense, letting the music speak through power and precision.
Drogula is a Buenos Aires stoner/doom duo founded in March 2022 by Nicolas Casabona (guitar/vocals) and Marcelo Soria (drums), who describe their sound as "sludge stoner space doom with occultist touches of necropsycodelia." The band released their debut full-length "Volume 1" on March 1, 2023, followed by "Volume 2" in January 2025, with both records receiving vinyl editions through Austin-based Herby Records.
North Carolina's Droid Killer have been fusing death and doom metal since 2014, creating music that moves with the grinding inevitability of heavy machinery. The death/doom combination they work in lends itself to a particular kind of dread — too slow to thrash, too savage to drift, and fully committed to both extremes at once.
Madison, Wisconsin's Droids Attack have been a fixture of the Midwest stoner metal underground since 2004, building a catalog of heavy, fuzz-loaded riff rock that nods to the desert rock lineage while keeping things rooted in the Midwest's own brand of unpretentious heaviness. Over two decades they've honed a sound that's equal parts groove and tonnage.
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