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Damnation Defaced is a melodic/progressive death metal band from Celle, Germany, active since 2010, self-described as "Science Fiction Death Metal." Their 2023 album "They Brought Death to the Darkness" marked 15 years of activity, featuring covers of Rammstein, Kreator, and Strapping Young Lad alongside original compositions.
Damnation Gallery storms out of Genoa with a caustic blend of heavy and blackened thrash metal, marrying the galloping riffs of traditional heavy metal with the venom and velocity of black-thrash. Their sound sits at the crossroads of NWOBHM worship and first-wave black metal ferocity.
Damnation Plan is a progressive/melodic groove metal band from Espoo, Finland, active since 2013. They push groove metal into progressive territory with melodic sophistication.
Damnation Prayer is a black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2022. They deliver dark, blasphemous black metal from the Finnish capital.
Damnatus is a depressive black metal project from Alessandria in northern Italy, described simply as channeling "the pain of living." Albums like Quando nessuno ti aspetta nel mondo and Io odio la vita are sung in Italian and deliver raw, emotionally harrowing black metal steeped in nihilism and isolation.
Damnatör is a black/thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2014. They deliver blistering black/thrash from the Finnish capital.
Damned is a black metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2022. The project delivers raw and aggressive black metal from the Polish capital.
Damned Creed is a death/thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2013. Their second full-length album Choose a Side (2013) delivers four tracks of heavy and thrash metal with politically charged themes of mutiny and societal greed.
Damned Nation plays heavy metal from Stockholm, formed in 2026 and carrying the torch for classic Swedish heavy metal in a scene dominated by extreme genres. Their nation-under-judgment name adds apocalyptic weight to traditional riff-driven compositions.
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