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Derrape Cerebral plays death metal and grindcore from Spain, formed in 2022 and delivering the visceral extremity their brain-skid name promises. Their hybrid approach combines grindcore's microsecond fury with death metal's guttural depth.
Desalmado is a grindcore and deathgrind band from São Paulo, Brazil, originally formed under the name El Fuego. Blending the aggression of classic grindcore with the heaviness of contemporary death metal, their politically charged lyrics have drawn comparisons to Napalm Death; the band has toured Europe and shared stages in Brazil with acts such as Entombed and Obituary. Key releases include "Estado Escravo" (2014) and "Save Us from Ourselves" (2018), the latter released through Black Hole Productions and Greyhaze Records.
Descendit is a grindcore band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2020. Self-described as apolitical yet concerned with social inequities, the trio delivers raw grindcore with crust punk influences.
Desecration is a death metal and grindcore band from Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil, operating in the extreme underground since the 1990s. The band appeared on the compilation "Grindattack!" (2000) alongside Groinchurn and Parental Advisory, as well as on the "No Fate III" compilation, placing them among Brazil's active grindcore scene.
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.
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