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Distorted Aura is a death metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2026. They bring fresh death metal energy to the capital's underground scene.
Distorted Memories is a melodic thrash/death metal band from Besançon, France, formed in 2020. They deliver distorted melodic aggression from the Franche-Comté region.
Distorted Reality is a death metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, active since 2003 and a longstanding presence in the Bulgarian extreme metal scene. Their music delivers unrelenting heaviness through technically grounded songwriting and forceful execution.
Distortflesh is a death metal band from Épernay, France. They deliver flesh-distorting death metal from the Champagne region.
Distortum is a grindcore and death metal band from Trelew, Chubut, one of the few extreme metal acts to emerge from Argentina's Patagonian interior. Their early demos "Descerebrado lentamente" (1996) and "Descomposición acelerada" (1997) established their place in the Argentine underground extreme metal scene of the 1990s.
Distoxity is a melodic death metal band from Novovoronezh, Russia, formed in 2012. The project channels emotionally charged melodic death metal from the Voronezh region.
A black and death metal band from Gierle in the Antwerp province, Distraught operate in the shadowy intersection of the two genres with the intensity and grim atmosphere characteristic of Belgian extreme metal. The band maintains an underground presence through their Bandcamp page.
Distress is a death metal and grindcore band from Zurich, Switzerland, active since 2010 and blending crust punk aggression with metallic intensity. Their catalog of EPs and splits channels d-beat urgency and confrontational energy through a raw, politically charged sonic attack.
Distressed to Marrow is a melodic death metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, active since 2013. They deliver emotionally charged melodic death metal that cuts deep.
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