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Eschatology of War (2021)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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Dissouled is a death metal/grindcore band from Wolfsburg, Germany, active since 2000. With a quarter century of activity, they are long-standing pillars of the German extreme underground.
Distant Shapes is a melodic death and doom metal band from Nitra, Slovakia, formed in 2016. The project merges melodic death metal with doom metal's weight.
Distolirium is a melodic death metal band from Goslar, Germany, formed in 2021. They craft emotive melodic death metal from the Harz region.
Distorment is a death metal and metalcore band from Sofia, Bulgaria, blending crushing heaviness with breakdowns and aggressive vocal delivery since 2015. Their approach fuses old-school death metal brutality with the rhythmic punch of modern metalcore.
Distorted Aura is a death metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2026. They bring fresh death metal energy to the capital's underground scene.
Distorted Memories is a melodic thrash/death metal band from Besançon, France, formed in 2020. They deliver distorted melodic aggression from the Franche-Comté region.
Distorted Reality is a death metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, active since 2003 and a longstanding presence in the Bulgarian extreme metal scene. Their music delivers unrelenting heaviness through technically grounded songwriting and forceful execution.
Distortflesh is a death metal band from Épernay, France. They deliver flesh-distorting death metal from the Champagne region.
Distoxity is a melodic death metal band from Novovoronezh, Russia, formed in 2012. The project channels emotionally charged melodic death metal from the Voronezh region.
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