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Some bands have strange pronunciations of their names, that aren't immediately obvious from their spelling.

Deicide pronounced as day-side
weirdkid106
DNTEL pronounced as DEE - EN - TELL
No parody here. I'm just tired of people mispronouncing it.
Sly
Deicide pronounced as Dee-a-side
It means "slaying of a god" (deity)..
Hardrock
Dir En Grey pronounced as deer-on-gray
Hardrock
Divynals pronounced as Di-vi-nal-s
It's pronnounced "Di-vi-nal-s.
Celeste
The Divinyls pronounced as The Di-vy-nuls
Newave
Dimmu Borgir pronounced as Dim-moo Bore-gear
The band name is ancient Icelandic and means "Dark Castles/Fortresses"
TurmionLilja
Double pronounced as Doo-blay
Too long ago, too long apart.
Mickey D.
Doomsword pronounced as Doom Sword
Often mistaken as Dooms Word.
Travis
Doomsword pronounced as doom-sord
The "w" in "sword" is silent.
Hardrock
Double pronounced as DOUB-LAY
Best known in the US for "Captain of Her Heart" they were from Switzerland, hence the strange pronunciation of their name.
ChuckyG
Dødheimsgard pronounced as Dud-hims-gard
the u like in Burn the i like in I and gard like in bard
weirdkid106

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