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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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Man Is Myth (Early Demos) (2017)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Die Tonight, performing as We Die Tonight, is a metalcore and melodic death metal band from Bristol, England, active since 2010. Their releases including the EPs Stem the Tide and Portraits earned them recognition in the British underground for their blend of crushing brutality and melodic hardcore passion.
A Viennese darkwave and neoclassical project founded in 1993 by Richard Lederer (Protector) and Michael Gregor (Silenius) of the black metal band Summoning. Their music consists entirely of keyboards and vocals — drawing on poets John Dowland and Percy Bysshe Shelley — and their third album 'In Darkness Let Me Dwell' (1999) was released via Napalm Records.
Die Vorboten started as a death/folk metal band in the coastal city of Wismar before transitioning into industrial hard rock, tracing one of the more unusual genre arcs in the German underground. Their German name — meaning "the harbingers" — proved prophetic, as they heralded their own sonic transformation.
DieBartDie is a death metal and deathcore project from Hereford, England, created by A.D. Marcovecchio, who also performs as Ascaris. The project layers brutal slam and beatdown riffs over samples from The Simpsons, a tongue-in-cheek approach showcased on the 2023 compilation I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing.
Dieffenbachia is a doom and gothic metal band from Nisko, Poland, formed in 2013. The project weaves gothic atmospheres with doom metal's crushing weight.
Diego Sanjorge is a heavy metal artist from Ourense, Spain, active since 2017. They deliver classic heavy metal from the Galician interior.
Dieinfire is a doom/black metal band from Hered, Hungary, formed in 2021. The band merge the crushing slowness of doom metal with the darkness of black metal.
Dieleven is a groove metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2013. They play heavy, rhythmic groove metal from the Spanish capital.
Diementia is a five-piece melodic death/thrash metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2009 and featuring members J. Hinde, R. Kerr, D. MacIvor, and R. Petch. Their releases Tears of Blood (2009) and the Forgotten Dead EP (2012) showcase a melodic yet aggressive take on the death-thrash formula.
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