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Devoured by Vermin is a grindcore band from Bologna, Italy. The project unleashes short, brutal bursts of grinding extremity from the Emilia-Romagna underground scene.
Devoured Elysium plays death metal and grindcore from Amsterdam, active since 2018 and consuming paradise through extreme sonic violence. Their name's image of heaven being eaten alive speaks to the nihilistic destruction at the heart of their music.
Dallas brutal death metal. Pioneers of the slam death subgenre with guttural, inhuman heaviness.
Dgorath is a black/death metal and grindcore band from London, England, active since 2014. They deliver a savage fusion of extreme subgenres from the British capital.
DGS is a death metal/grindcore band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2024. They deliver concise blasts of death metal and grindcore.
Di.Soul.Ved plays grindcore and death metal from Lisbon, active since 2000 and among Portugal's longest-running grindcore acts. Over a quarter century they've maintained a commitment to the genre's most extreme expressions — microscopic song lengths, blast-beat fury, and total sonic dissolution.
Diagnose is a political grindcore band from Fortaleza, Ceará, in northeastern Brazil, blending elements of crust punk, grindcore, and death metal with socially charged, anti-system lyrical content. The band released the demo "Desordem Capital" in 1998 and has built a discography spanning several decades, including the albums "Neurose XXI" (2005) and "Cidade Objeto" (2021). They are among the more enduring extreme underground acts from the Brazilian northeast.
Diarrea is a grindcore band from the Florence, Prato, and Campi Bisenzio area of Tuscany, Italy, formed in 2019. The project delivers raw and visceral grindcore extremity from the Tuscan underground.
Dickless Tracy is a death metal and grindcore band from Brezice, Slovenia, formed in 2009. The project delivers savage grinding death metal from the Posavje region.
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