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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."
Destrypse is a grindcore act from Modica in Sicily's Ragusa province, formed in 2025 and representing the newest wave of the island's extreme music underground. Their blasting, microsecond compositions deliver maximum violence in minimum time.
Deuszebul is a grindcore, crust punk, and raw black metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, active since 2014. The band has released a substantial catalog on Bandcamp including the albums "Mantra Invertido" (2014), "Abandono" (2017), and "Ao medonho eu entrego a degeneração de sua imagem" (2020), and contributed to the 2020 compilation "A Brazilian Tribute to Nasum: Mieszko Lives."
Devast is a death metal and grindcore band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2014. They deliver intense, grinding brutality with relentless blast beats and guttural vocals.
Devastação Sob Terror is a grindcore band from São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2008. The band plays fast, violent grindcore with influences from death metal, crust, and hardcore punk, releasing records including "Campo Minado de Atos Covardes" (2010) and "Legado de Tortura e Escravidão" (2016). They have been active in the São Paulo underground scene and participated in events such as the local Faces of Death festival.
Devastor is a death metal and grindcore band from Žatec, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. They blend crushing death metal riffs with grindcore's velocity and intensity.
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