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Discretion is a death metal band from Imathia, Greece, formed in 2011. The band channel uncompromising death metal aggression in the tradition of the Greek extreme metal underground.
Discriminator is a death metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2014. The project delivers aggressive death metal from the Russian capital.
Discrëntë is an extreme metal band from Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, active since 2013, blending black metal, death metal, crust punk, and D-Beat into a raw and aggressive sound driven by anarchic social lyrics. The band recorded their self-titled EP between 2015 and 2016 at Studio da Gruta, with mastering by Alex Ferreira, releasing it in 2018. Their music draws on influences including Sarcófago and Brazilian extreme metal traditions alongside international crust and noise acts.
Disease Illusion is a melodic death metal band from Bologna, Italy, formed in 2011, featuring members from Italy, Denmark, and the UK. Inspired by the Gothenburg scene, the band blends heavy riffs with intense melodies and atmospheric elements across three albums including 'Plastic Ocean.'
Diseased Mind plays death metal from Oradea near the Hungarian border, active since 2018 and channeling mental pathology into punishing extreme metal compositions. Their psychiatric name frames death metal as the sonic expression of a disturbed consciousness.
Disembalmed is a crust punk and death metal band from Varmland and Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2024. The project merges crust aggression with death metal.
Grafton, Ohio's Disembodied have been delivering brutal death metal since 2019, carving out their sound in the working-class industrial corridor between Cleveland and Columbus. Their approach is unsparing — blasting, guttural, and built for the kind of listener who measures heaviness in tonnage.
Disembody is a death metal band from Granada, Spain, formed in 2019. They deliver crushing death metal from the foot of the Sierra Nevada.
Disemboweled is a brutal death metal band from Merseburg, Germany, active since 2012. They deliver visceral, ultra-heavy brutal death metal.
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