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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Dog Tired is a groove metal band from Penicuik near Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 2016. Their discography includes the albums Titan, It Came from the Sun, The Electric Abyss, and The Red Verse, all released through their own dogtiredmetal.com platform.
Dogtak is a groove/thrash metal band from Heidekreis, Germany, formed in 2025. They deliver aggressive groove-laden thrash from the Lüneburg Heath.
Dominicide is a thrash and death metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2017. Their 2021 EP The Architecture of Oppression and tracks like The Orchestraitors and Once the Serpents Rise showcase their brand of politically charged thrash-death aggression.
Dominus is a band from Ringsted, Denmark, active since 2021, whose sound evolved from death metal roots into groove metal. They bring veteran heaviness to the Danish metal scene.
Donkerkarnuffel is a clown-themed extreme metal band from London, formed in 2013, blending grindcore, black metal, death metal, and hardcore under a "cirque de mort" concept. Their lineup of Chris "Haggis" Holmes, Jamie "Mr Bloody" Brewer, Alex "Wriggles" Wrigley, and Sean "Skeats" Keatley released the fourteen-track Rise of the Red Nosed Nemesis in 2024.
Doomscizor is a thrash/groove metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2021. They cut through with scissor-sharp thrash and groove from the French capital.
Doomsday Sun is a progressive heavy and groove metal band from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, formed in 2021. Their growing catalog includes the Cult of Stasis EP, Where the Hammer Lies, A Slow, Agonising Rapture, and the album Beat Together, Bleed Together, all framed by an apocalyptic, post-civilisation narrative.
Doomsday Trip is a groove/thrash metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2023. Their releases Hellwalkers and Madhouse deliver riff-driven groove and thrash metal from the Hungarian capital.
A groove and heavy metal band from Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg, Austria, who released their debut EP 'Awakening' as an independent act. They play in the accessible, mid-tempo end of Austrian heavy metal, drawing on groove metal dynamics.
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