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Drowned in Torment is a brutal death metal band from Manchester, formed in 2025 at college by drummer-vocalist Harrison Kershaw, guitarist Tommy Heyes, and bassist Will Watts. Their debut single Bathing in Fluoroantimonic Acid captures the raw energy of the trio's earliest compositions, with all production handled in-house.
Drowning is a death metal band from Paris, France, active since 2005, whose sound evolved from hardcore/death metal into pure death metal. Their two decades of activity trace an arc toward uncompromising heaviness.
Drowning Hour is a death doom metal project from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, formed in 2025, built around multi-instrumentalist Craig Godbold with vocalists Kieran Scott and Kelly Godbold. Their debut EP Sanger Fra Dypet delivers three tracks of slow, atmospheric, and bleak death doom stretching past twenty minutes.
Drugaddicted is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Florence, Italy, formed in 2025. The project channels savage grinding death metal extremity from the Tuscan underground.
Drugger plays death metal from Tsimlyansk on the Don River, active since 2021 and delivering punishing compositions from a small town in Rostov Oblast. Their narcotic-agent name adds pharmaceutical menace to straightforward death metal brutality.
Drunad plays death metal and grindcore from Russia, active since 2018 and delivering the rapid-fire extremity both genres demand. Their mysterious name channels an air of the ancient and unknown into modern sonic violence.
Drunemeton is a melodic black and death metal band from Ropczyce, Poland, formed in 2014. The project channels atmospheric extreme metal from the Subcarpathian region.
Drunk with Pain is a melodic death metal band from Brno, Czech Republic, founded in 2015 by Venezuelan guitarist Juan Hernández. Their sound blends heavy riffs with melodic sensibility, showcased on releases like the "Born to Fall Down" EP.
Druun is a Rigan act that combines doom metal, death metal, and folk influences into a unique hybrid, creating compositions that move between crushing heaviness and atmospheric folk passages. Their sound draws from Latvia's deep folk traditions while maintaining the weight and darkness that doom and death metal demand.
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