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Dismetry is a brutal death metal band from Syktyvkar, Russia, formed in 2015. The project delivers punishing brutal death metal from the Komi Republic.
Disownment is a slam/brutal death metal project uniting Bryan Whipple on guttural vocals with Chilean drummer, guitarist, and bassist Victor Araneda — also known for his work with Esophagus and Sermon to the Lambs from Concepción, Chile. Their debut release, "Devouring the Wretched" (February 2025), is a three-track independent digital album recorded at SGR Studio with all drum tracks captured in a single take.
Dissenter is a brutal death metal band from Wroclaw, Poland, formed in 2016. The project delivers punishing brutal death metal from the Lower Silesian capital.
Dissolving Entity is a brutal death metal band from Scotland, formed in 2025 by guitarists Daniel Scott and David Easton, vocalist Luke Lockley, and bassist George Lidster. Their debut EP Parasite Enthroned (2025) delivers three tracks of slamming brutal death metal produced by Easton and mastered by Lockley.
Ditchcreeper is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Southampton, England, formed in 2015. The band deliver relentless, punishing extremity at the intersection of grinding blast beats and brutal death metal low-end.
Reading, Pennsylvania's Divination launched in 2021 dragging brutal death metal into grindcore's pummeling velocity, a combination that makes for some of the most relentlessly aggressive music in the Mid-Atlantic underground. Short songs, inhuman tempos, and the full-throttle commitment to extremity that both subgenres demand at their best.
Smartsville, California's Divine Defecation — operating out of the rural Sierra Nevada foothills — arrived in 2023 with the blunt, purposeful aggression of brutal death metal and no interest in softening the edges. A newcomer in the grand tradition of California's grotesque BDM underground, they make music calibrated for the pit and nowhere else.
Aurora, Colorado's Divine Excruciation are among the newest entrants in the slam and brutal death metal world, forming in 2025 and bringing the Denver metro area's growing extreme metal energy to its most punishing conclusion. Slam's signature mid-paced breakdowns and guttural intensity are their weapons of choice, built to inflict damage with surgical patience.
Denver's Divine Torture arrived in 2021 with a brutal death metal mandate, contributing to the Colorado capital's increasingly active extreme underground. Their sound follows the genre's most relentless traditions — blastbeats, guttural vocals, and riffs designed to obliterate rather than seduce, a worthy addition to Denver's growing death metal footprint.
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