Dead Astray plays melodic death metal from the northern German port city of Kiel, active since 2012 and channeling the Baltic Sea's cold winds into compositions that pair aggressive riffing with soaring, emotionally resonant melodies. Their name evokes a state of being lost and lifeless — a mood their music powerfully inhabits.

Dead Awaken is a death metal band from Vasteras, Sweden, formed in 2013. The project delivers aggressive death metal from central Sweden.

Dead Bastards plays thrash/groove metal with crossover elements from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2022. Their defiantly crude name drives high-energy compositions that merge thrash velocity with groove metal's punch and punk's attitude.

Dead Beauty is a death metal and grindcore band from Vilnius, Lithuania, formed in 2019. The project delivers savage grinding death metal from the Lithuanian capital.

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Dead Bodies is a goregrind band from Spain, formed in 2019. They wallow in the filthiest extremes of goregrind with visceral intensity.

Dead Bread is a death metal band from Poznan, Poland, formed in 2013. The project channels aggressive death metal from the Greater Poland capital.

Dead By April formed in Gothenburg in 2007 and became one of Sweden's most commercially visible modern metalcore acts by combining heavy guitars with pop melody, electronic production, and dramatic vocal contrast. The band's early breakthrough came through "Losing You," a single that took their clean-sung hooks and screamed counterweight into mainstream Swedish attention. The self-titled debut, Incomparable, Let the World Know, Worlds Collide, The Affliction, and later singles show a project built around emotional immediacy as much as riff pressure. Pontus Hjelm's songwriting and production have been central to the identity, while the band's changing vocal lineups have repeatedly reshaped how clean melody and harsh aggression interact. Dead By April's sound can be sleek, sometimes almost pop-metal, but the foundation remains metalcore: down-tuned rhythm guitars, breakdown tension, and vocals that use harshness to deepen rather than replace the choruses. Their best material works when the electronic sheen and sentimental hooks are pushed against genuine heaviness. Dead By April made a specific lane of Swedish alternative metal feel accessible without fully abandoning intensity.

Dead Carnage is a death metal band from Havirov, Czech Republic, active since 2015 with releases including 'Flesh, Blood, Orgy' and 'The Only Thing I Ever Wanted Was to Kill the God.' Their sound channels uncompromising brutality through the Czech extreme metal underground tradition.