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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Dark Tennis is a three-piece extreme metal outfit from Bergamo that defies easy categorization, smashing together elements of black metal, grindcore, and metalcore into an unpredictable hybrid. Their releases Wimbledoom and Digital Posture suggest a tongue-in-cheek sensibility underpinning genuinely ferocious music.
Darktempered is a death/black metal and grindcore band from Miskolc, Hungary, active since 2005. With two decades of activity, the band are veterans of the Hungarian extreme metal underground.
Syracuse grindcore act Dasein take their name from Heidegger's concept of human existence, then promptly obliterate any philosophical calm with blastbeat-driven bursts of noise and fury since forming in 2021.
Grand Island, Nebraska's Day of the Locust deliver death metal and grindcore in short, swarming bursts — music as relentless and destructive as the plague species that inspired their name. Since 2016, they've channeled the Great Plains' flat, oppressive expanse into some of the most compact brutality in the Midwest.
Days of Desolation is a grindcore and crust punk band from Halen, Belgium, active since 2007 and committed to politically charged, high-velocity material rooted in a DIY ethic. Their discography — documented on the 2025 anthology Dayscography 2010–2025 — spans numerous splits with international acts like Noisear and Travølta alongside full-lengths including Circles (2022).
Born out of California's extreme underground in 2026, Ddeviatedd slam together brutal death metal and grindcore into an exercise in controlled sonic chaos. Their sound is as much a physical assault as it is a musical statement.
DDUP is a grindcore band from Zurich, Switzerland, active since 1997 and one of the country's longest-running extreme acts. With over two decades of relentless output, they deliver punishing blasts of noise and aggression in the grindcore tradition.
Deacon is a death metal and grindcore band from Wroclaw, Poland, formed in 2006. The project delivers savage grinding death metal from the Lower Silesian underground.
Dead Beauty is a death metal and grindcore band from Vilnius, Lithuania, formed in 2019. The project delivers savage grinding death metal from the Lithuanian capital.
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