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Death by Dissonance is a deathcore act from Ludwigsburg, active since 2017 and weaponizing dissonant harmonics and crushing breakdowns into a punishing sonic assault. Their name is both a mission statement and a warning: this music kills through harmonic discord.
Death Structure is a metalcore/deathcore band from Lens, France, formed in 2017. They construct devastating breakdowns from northern France.
Death Valley Suicide is a melodic deathcore band from Bad Berka, Germany, active since 2014. They blend melodic hooks with devastating deathcore breakdowns and extreme vocals.
Deathawaits is a death/thrash metal and deathcore band from Lyon, France, active since 2011. They merge death/thrash with deathcore from southeastern France.
Deathcrafted is a symphonic death metal and deathcore band from Presov, Slovakia, formed in 2021. The project blends symphonic elements with extreme metal.
Defamed is a Milanese deathcore act formed in 2020, riding the genre's wave of crushing breakdowns, guttural vocals, and blast-beat intensity. Their sound channels the modern deathcore template through an Italian lens, delivering punishing heaviness with precision.
Formed in Overpelt, Limburg in 2018, Defenestration deliver slamming death metal with a pronounced deathcore edge, built around crushing breakdowns and intricate transitions that preserve dynamics within their brutal framework. Their 2019 debut full-length Scalped on the Pavement, released through Justified Insanity Records, introduced the quartet's bone-crushing approach to the Belgian extreme metal scene.
Deinos is a technical melodic death metal band from Gambolo, Italy, formed in 2020. Founded by Alberto Ragone, the project combines hardcore, symphonic, and modern elements with technically precise melodic death metal.
Dekathexis is a death metal/deathcore band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2023. They merge death metal's technicality with deathcore's punishing breakdowns.
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