Dutch/Slovakian outfit Distant play a brutal mix of chugging riffs, machine gun drums, and guttural vocal screams for their blend of slamming brutal metal and deathcore. Debuting in 2014, the band issued three studio albums -- 2019's Tyrannotophia, 2021's Aeons of Oblivion, and 2023's Heritage -- along with a slew of singles and EPs.
Originally formed in Rotterdam in 2014 by guitarist Nouri Yetgin and bassist Elmer Maurits, Distant broke from the ranks of the mainly hardcore sound of their local scenes by playing their own mix of deathcore and metal. Slowly building a scene s...