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One of Austria's oldest active death metal bands, formed in Klagenfurt in July 1988 and operating, after a brief hiatus from 1995 to 1998, through to the present on Steel Breaker Records. Their discography of gore-themed, old-school death metal spans albums from 'Rhapsodies in Red' through to 'Santo Subito' (2022), and they consider themselves direct contemporaries of the genre's first wave.
Disborn is a melodic death metal and thrash metal band from Vaxjo, Sweden, formed in 2018. The project channels aggressive melodeath and thrash from Smaland.
Disburial is an old-school death metal band from Quito, Ecuador, formed in 2018. Drawing on themes of death, darkness, Lovecraftian horror, and the macabre, the trio has released two EPs: Dawn of Ancient Horrors (2018) and Vermin Void (2020).
Disburied is a death metal band from Medellín, Colombia, formed in 2016 with lyrical themes of death, destruction, and anti-religion. The band released their debut full-length Rituals of Death in 2020, a ten-track record described as their first album on its Bandcamp page. They remain an unsigned independent act based in Antioquia.
Discard is a death/thrash metal band from Joensuu, Finland, formed in 2017. They deliver discarded aggression through death and thrash metal.
Discarnate is a black/death metal band from Lahti, Finland, active since 2012. They play fleshless extreme metal from the Finnish interior.
Discarnated is a death/thrash metal band from Porec, Croatia, formed in 2015. The band combine the heaviness of death metal with the precision and speed of thrash.
Dallas's Discern arrived in 2023 with a death/thrash attack that slots naturally into the Texas tradition of technically sharp, aggressive metal. Young but purposeful, they represent a new generation picking up the thread of a scene that has always rewarded heaviness and precision.
Discipel is a death/black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2021. They forge extreme metal darkness from the Danish capital.
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