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Diabolical Hate is an independent death metal band from Campo Grande, the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul in central-western Brazil. The band plays straightforward death metal with themes centered on death, anti-religion, and Satanism, operating without label backing in the Brazilian underground scene.
Diabolical Possession is a death metal band from Pindamonhangaba, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, playing extreme metal with strongly anti-Christian lyrical themes. The band released the demo "Caos Caos" in 2005, featuring tracks such as "Gates of Hell" and "Exorcising Jesus Christ," and has appeared on local bills alongside international acts including Cannibal Corpse. They have remained active in the Brazilian underground death metal scene since their formation.
Diabolizer is a death metal band from Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey, formed in 2012. The project delivers aggressive death metal from the Bosphorus city.
Diachronia is a black and death metal band from Bielsko-Biala, Poland, formed in 2017. The project merges black metal's darkness with death metal's aggression from the Silesian Beskids.
Diaclast is a technical death metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, formed in 2014. The project delivers technically precise death metal from the Ural capital.
Diagnose is a political grindcore band from Fortaleza, Ceará, in northeastern Brazil, blending elements of crust punk, grindcore, and death metal with socially charged, anti-system lyrical content. The band released the demo "Desordem Capital" in 1998 and has built a discography spanning several decades, including the albums "Neurose XXI" (2005) and "Cidade Objeto" (2021). They are among the more enduring extreme underground acts from the Brazilian northeast.
Diagnosis: Human is a progressive death/thrash metal band from Bern, active since 2013 and treating the human condition as a pathology to be dissected through complex, technically demanding compositions. Their clinical name frames their music as an examination of humanity's flaws through the scalpel of extreme metal.
Diagoras is a technical death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2018. The project delivers technically precise death metal from the west coast.
Diamond is a death metal band from Syktyvkar, Russia, formed in 2014. The project channels aggressive death metal from the Komi Republic.
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