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Diphosgene is a black/death metal and grindcore band from the Black Country region of England, formed in 2025 with a thematic focus on World War I chemical warfare. Their releases include a demo and the Diphosgene Attack EP, drawing lyrical inspiration from the historical deployment of their namesake poison gas.
Dirty Dancing Pigs is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, formed in 2018. The project delivers savage grinding death metal from central Siberia.
Dirty Pot of Cum is a death metal/goregrind band from Bordeaux, France, formed in 2023. They deliver deliberately offensive goregrind extremity.
Disact is a death metal and grindcore band from Tolyatti, Russia, formed in 2011. The project channels savage grinding death metal from the Volga region.
Disarm is a grindcore band from Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, formed in 2023. The project merges grindcore extremity with crust punk aggression in a short, violent sonic assault.
Disciples of Diogenes is a brutal death metal/goregrind band from Montpellier, France, emerging in 2025. They follow the cynic philosopher through extreme sonic filth.
Discurso de Pobre is a grindcore band from the Paraisópolis periphery of São Paulo, Brazil, combining extreme music with direct social and political commentary. They released the album "Notícia ruim não chega, ela permanece" in May 2018 and followed it with "Tapando o sol com a peneira" in October 2020, both available on Bandcamp. The band operates on a DIY basis within São Paulo's underground grindcore community.
Disemboweler is a death metal and grindcore band from London, featuring Grosseph Chen on drums, Josh Spleen on guitar, and Stab on bass and vocals. Their 2025 demo delivers five tracks of grinding death in under eight minutes, released on a limited run of ten cappuccino-swirl cassettes that sold out immediately.
Disentomb is a brutal death metal and grindcore band originally from Chisinau, Moldova, later based in Simferopol, formed in 2011. The project channels savage grinding death metal extremity.
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