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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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Desomorphine plays stoner/sludge metal from Haarlem, formed in 2025 and named after the notoriously destructive street drug. Their corrosive chemical namesake matches a sound built on toxic, fuzz-drenched riffs and sludge metal's punishing heaviness.
Despeñaperros is a sludge metal/crust punk band from Bilbao, Spain, active since 2012. Named after the famous Spanish mountain pass, they deliver crushing sludge and crust from the Basque capital.
DevilsHarvest is a drone/doom/sludge metal band from Hagen, Germany, formed in 2024. They create massive, oppressive walls of droning doom and sludge.
Dexal is a sludge and thrash metal band from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, formed in 2019. The project merges sludge metal's crushing weight with thrash metal's aggression in a punishing Sardinian metal hybrid.
Die Satansengel von Nevada is a sludge metal/punk band from Dresden, Germany, active since 2012. Their name's wild absurdity matches a sound that merges sludge metal's heaviness with punk's raw defiance.
Diesel King is a sludge metal band from London, active since 2010 and self-described as delivering a brutal blend of dirty sludge and down-tempo heavy metal. Their discography includes the albums Concrete Burial, The Grey Man, and The Ancient and the Nameless, each building on their ear-destroying low-end assault.
DieselOkkult is a stoner/sludge metal band from Radebeul, Germany, formed in 2016. They deliver fuzz-soaked, occult-tinged stoner and sludge metal from Saxony.
Dieselpest is a sludge/crust/doom metal band from Germany, formed in 2020. They combine the filth of sludge and crust with doom's crushing slowness.
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