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Deratizator is a death and thrash metal band from Slovenia, formed in 2018. The project fuses death metal with thrash velocity.
Derb is a death metal band from Bonn, Germany, formed in 2022. They play raw, heavy death metal with a straightforward, no-frills approach.
Dercetius plays melodic death metal from Lisbon, formed in 2023 and named after the pre-Roman Lusitanian deity of the mountains. Their mythological reference to Portugal's indigenous religious heritage adds a unique cultural layer to their Gothenburg-influenced melodeath.
Derelicted is a doom/death metal band from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, formed in 2020. They channel the desolation of the post-industrial Ruhr through crushing doom/death.
Derogation is a brutal death metal band from Kyiv, Ukraine, formed in 2013. The project delivers punishing brutal death metal from the Ukrainian capital.
Pico Rivera's Derogatory have been a fixture of the Southern California death metal underground since 2013, delivering unrelenting brutality rooted in the classic traditions of the genre. Their sound is direct and punishing, channeling the working-class ferocity of the LA metro area into suffocating death metal.
Derrape Cerebral plays death metal and grindcore from Spain, formed in 2022 and delivering the visceral extremity their brain-skid name promises. Their hybrid approach combines grindcore's microsecond fury with death metal's guttural depth.
Desaster is a thrash/death metal band from São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil, with roots stretching back to a group of the same name active from 1986 to 1991 that released demo material including "Live at Rainbow Bar" (1987) and "Hands of Anguish" (1988). The band was revived and continued under the name Face of Desaster from 2011 onward, carrying on the thrash and speed metal tradition of the original lineup.
Descamisados is a death/thrash metal band from Amiens, France, formed in 2021. They deliver fierce death/thrash from Picardy.
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