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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Deptera is a thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2011. The project delivers aggressive thrash metal from the Russian capital.
Depths of Hell is a death and thrash metal band from Zabrze, Poland, formed in 2025. The project fuses death metal's crushing weight with thrash metal's velocity from the Silesian underground.
Der Dobermann is a thrash metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2021. The project delivers aggressive thrash metal from Russia's cultural capital.
Der pogende Pinguin is a thrash metal/crossover/hardcore punk band from Tirschenreuth, Germany, formed in 2019. Their irreverent name belies a ferocious crossover assault blending thrash, hardcore, and punk.
Deratizator is a death and thrash metal band from Slovenia, formed in 2018. The project fuses death metal with thrash velocity.
Derelyction is a crustcore/thrash metal band from Giessen, Germany, active since 2012. They merge crust punk's filthy aggression with thrash metal's speed.
Derision is a thrash/groove metal band from the Bolton/Wigan area of England, formed in 2020. They deliver derisive thrash and groove from Greater Manchester.
Descamisados is a death/thrash metal band from Amiens, France, formed in 2021. They deliver fierce death/thrash from Picardy.
Descend is a melodic thrash and death metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2007. The band combine the precision of thrash metal with melodic death metal sensibility in their Greek extreme metal output.
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