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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Daughters of Sophia is an atmospheric/post-black metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2015. They explore gnostic themes through expansive post-black metal from southeastern France.
Chris Daughtry parlayed his fourth-place American Idol finish into one of the most successful rock careers to emerge from the show, with his self-titled debut album selling over four million copies in the US alone. Powered by Daughtry's powerful, raspy vocals and radio-ready rock anthems like 'It's Not Over' and 'Home,' the band became a staple of mid-2000s mainstream rock.
Daunt is a doom/sludge metal band from Bremen, Germany, formed in 2017. They deliver crushing, slow-burning heaviness through monolithic sludge riffs and doom-laden atmospheres.
Dauntless is a death/thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2007. They deliver fearless death/thrash metal with nearly two decades of experience.
Dausa is a black, doom, and sludge metal band from Vilnius, Lithuania, formed in 2019. The project merges black metal's atmosphere with doom and sludge metal's crushing weight from the Baltic underground.
Dautha is a doom metal band from Norrkoping, Sweden, formed in 2018. The project delivers crushing doom metal from the Ostergotland region.
Dauthuz is a death metal band from Zaanstad, Netherlands, formed in 2005. The project has delivered two decades of aggressive death metal from the Zaan region north of Amsterdam.
Dauw is a black metal band from the Netherlands, formed in 2020. The project channels atmospheric and ethereal black metal from the Dutch underground.
Daudaro is a funeral doom metal, drone, and dark ambient project from Reykjavik, Iceland, formed in 2021. The project explore the most extreme depths of slow, crushing heaviness and dark atmosphere.
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