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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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Dorylus is a melodic groove, death, and thrash metal band from Stevenage, England, formed in 2015. Their releases include the Mirrors EP and the album The Rapture, blending melodic hooks with the aggression of death-thrash and groove metal.
Down on Me is a groove/thrash metal band from Kehl, Germany, active since 2012. They combine heavy grooves with thrash aggression from the Franco-German border region.
Downfade is a groove/stoner metal band with thrash influences from the Kiiminki/Oulu area of Finland, formed in 2019. They fade down through heavy grooves and stoner riffs.
Downswitch is a groove metal/metalcore band from Køge, Denmark, active since 2011. They combine groove metal's weight with metalcore's modern dynamics.
Doomzday is a groove and heavy metal band from Lviv, Ukraine, formed in 2021. The project delivers heavy groove metal from western Ukraine.
Drawkcab is a heavy/thrash/groove metal band from Füssen, Germany, active since 2014. Their reversed name hints at a contrarian spirit matched by their hybrid metal sound.
Dreadbeard is a heavy/groove metal band from Schwerin, Germany, active since 2012. They deliver burly, groove-heavy metal with weight and swagger.
Dreadfire plays thrash/groove metal from Lisbon, active since 2012 and igniting compositions with the fearsome intensity their name promises. Their sound merges thrash's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic weight in a combustible Lisboan hybrid.
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