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Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Die Vorboten started as a death/folk metal band in the coastal city of Wismar before transitioning into industrial hard rock, tracing one of the more unusual genre arcs in the German underground. Their German name — meaning "the harbingers" — proved prophetic, as they heralded their own sonic transformation.
DieBartDie is a death metal and deathcore project from Hereford, England, created by A.D. Marcovecchio, who also performs as Ascaris. The project layers brutal slam and beatdown riffs over samples from The Simpsons, a tongue-in-cheek approach showcased on the 2023 compilation I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing.
Diementia is a five-piece melodic death/thrash metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2009 and featuring members J. Hinde, R. Kerr, D. MacIvor, and R. Petch. Their releases Tears of Blood (2009) and the Forgotten Dead EP (2012) showcase a melodic yet aggressive take on the death-thrash formula.
Dieresis is a brutal death metal band from Besançon, France, active since 2013. They deliver brutal death metal from the Franche-Comté region.
Dies Holocaustum is a death/thrash metal band from Bristol, England, founded as a solo project by Jon Alcover in 2013 and expanded to a full band in 2018 with the addition of drummer Will Pearson (ex-Body Harvest), bassist Rob Innell, and guitarist K-lum Schmit. They reached the grand final of Bristol's Metal 2 the Masses competition in 2019 and released their full-length debut in January 2020.
Dieversity is a melodic death metal and deathcore band from Arkhangelsk, Russia, formed in 2015. The project blends melodic death metal with deathcore from the Russian Arctic coast.
Difenacum is a death metal and grindcore act from Castellon de la Plana on Spain's Mediterranean coast, active since 2013 and named after the rodenticide. Their poison-derived name matches music designed for extermination — fast, toxic, and lethal.
Diffracted is a technical death metal band from Leeds, England, formed in 2018. The band channel intricate riffing and precision drumming into a technically demanding strain of modern death metal.
Dig Me No Grave is a death metal band from Vologda, Russia, formed in 2011. The project delivers aggressive death metal from northwestern Russia.
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