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Portland's Decomp have been grinding crust punk and thrash into a filthy, D-beat-driven hybrid since 2016. Raw and rust-coated, they carry the torch of the Pacific Northwest's most caustic underground traditions.
Deformeth is a death metal/crust punk band from Galicia, Spain, formed in 2024. They fuse death metal's heaviness with crust punk's raw, dirty energy.
Defy the Curse plays death metal infused with crust punk energy from Horst aan de Maas in Limburg, active since 2018. Their name's defiant spirit carries into music that merges death metal's heaviness with crust's D-beat urgency and political edge.
Degraded is a grindcore/crust punk band from Bordeaux, France, active since 2013. They deliver degrading grindcore and crust from southwestern France.
Dehumanise is a death metal/crust punk band from Derby, England, formed in 2018. They fuse death metal heaviness with crust punk's raw fury.
Asheville's Demasculator emerged in 2021 fusing black metal's cold malevolence with the d-beat fury of crust punk — a combination that suits the NC mountains' outsider ethos well. Raw, ugly, and deliberately stripped-down, their sound plants a filthy boot at the intersection of Darkthrone and Discharge.
Tampa's Demoledor exploded onto the scene in 2023 with a volatile hybrid of grindcore, black metal, and crust punk that sounds like the city's infamous extreme metal legacy colliding head-on with anarchic d-beat fury. Short, vicious bursts of noise warfare delivered with a blackened scorch and genuine punk contempt.
Demonic-Eyed is a crust punk and thrash metal band from Zvolen, Slovakia, formed in 2019. The project merges crust aggression with thrash velocity.
Demoralyzer is a blackened crust-thrash band from Pilsen, Czech Republic, active since 2013 with a prolific run of releases blending punk fury with metal heaviness. Their Czech-language tracks like 'Metalomorfoza' and 'Balada Opilcova' fuse crust punk's urgency with thrash and black metal ferocity.
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