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Desgraceria is a death metal and grindcore band from Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2007. The band released the album "Crença Cega," which drew comparisons to early Napalm Death for its balance of chaotic blasting and sludge-driven riffs. They also appeared on the split release "Terrorgrind Sudamericaos" alongside Yukaha, reissued on cassette in 2021.
Desinence Mortification is a death metal and grindcore band from Pula, Croatia, active since 1996. With nearly three decades in the Croatian underground, the band are veterans of the Adriatic extreme metal scene.
St. Louis's Desinsertion pair death metal's brutality with grindcore's furious brevity, producing a sound that is relentless and unsparing since their 2019 formation. The Midwest's underrated extreme metal underground has a genuine asset in a band that understand both sides of the death/grind equation.
Out of Española, New Mexico since 2013, Desmadre are a controlled detonation of death metal, grindcore, hardcore, and thrash — a four-genre collision that mirrors the Spanish word for chaos itself. They play fast and mean, with the kind of pit-ready ferocity that small desert towns breed when they have something to say.
Desmodus Rotundus plays black metal and grindcore from Bergen, formed in 2024 and named after the common vampire bat. Their scientific-nomenclature name adds a zoological precision to the blood-soaked ferocity of their extreme metal.
Despised is a death metal and grindcore duo from Mogi Guaçu, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2018, consisting of Alex Roque (guitars, bass, drums) and Rodolfo Carrega (vocals). The band plays brutal, politically driven music and released the album Scorched Earth in 2023 through Kvlt und Kaos Productions.
Destitution was a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil, catalogued on Encyclopaedia Metallum with gore-themed lyrical content. The band has since split up and is counted among the underground extreme metal acts that emerged from the interior of São Paulo state.
Destripar is a death metal and grindcore band from Poland, formed in 2024. The project delivers savage grinding death metal extremity.
DestroyTheHumans is an Argentine grindcore band featuring El Podrido on vocals, Walter on guitars and bass, and Marcelo on drums. The band released the split album Hostis Humani Generis in February 2014 on Coche Bomba Records, paired with US grindcore act Dirty Mike & The Boys, contributing four tracks including "Lead Us" and "Anthem of Negativity."
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