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Dying Wizard is a doom metal and neofolk solo project from Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, styled as "a solitary mage hailing from the darkest dungeon in medieval Carrickfergus Castle." Their releases include the self-titled debut, Undergrowth, Cauldron, and Artefact, all crafted under the banner of "doom for a dark folk nation."
DyingBreed is a death metal band from São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The band released their album "Under a Black Sun" in 2018 through Black Hole Productions, a record recorded at Black Stork Studio and drawing comparisons to Brazilian death metal acts such as Krisiun and Rebaellium.
Dyinghost plays melodic death metal and metalcore from Saint Petersburg, active since 2015 and channeling spectral dissolution through melodic aggression. Their fading-apparition name suits music that moves between the corporeal violence of metalcore and the ethereal beauty of melodeath.
Dyinise is a thrash metal band from Chester, England, active since 2010. The band deliver aggressive, riff-forward thrash metal rooted in the genre's classic traditions.
Utica, New York guitarist and composer Dylan Backman has been releasing melodic progressive metal and shred-oriented instrumental work since 2019, combining neoclassical technique with progressive metal's structural ambition in a project that foregrounds virtuosity as a primary creative vehicle.
Atlanta-based progressive metal project founded in 2018, Dylan Maxwell crafts technically ambitious and melodically layered metal that draws on the genre's introspective and compositionally dense traditions. The solo-driven project pursues complex arrangements that set it apart from the city's heavier underground scene.
Dylath-Leen is an atmospheric death metal band from Cambrai, France, active since 2001. Named after Lovecraft's dreamland city, they have delivered atmospheric death metal for over two decades.
Dyluvian is a melodic progressive heavy metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, whose music blends progressive harmonies with melodic power metal riffs and themes drawn from literary sources including Edgar Allan Poe. The band released the album "A Great Time from Here" in 2013, following an earlier debut that gained particular traction in Japan.
Dynabyte has been producing industrial metal from Biella in Piedmont since 2004, fusing electronic programming and mechanical rhythms with heavy guitar distortion. Their two decades of output have refined a cold, cybernetic sound that bridges the gap between Fear Factory's precision and European industrial metal's experimental edge.
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