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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Disciples is a heavy and power metal band from Italy, formed in 2021. The project delivers soaring heavy metal anthems enriched with power metal grandeur.
Discröyd is a heavy/thrash metal band from Munich, Germany, active since 2013. They play raw, destructive metal from Bavaria's capital.
Disharmonium is a groove and heavy metal band from Sweden, formed in 2023. The project delivers heavy groove metal.
Disharmony is a heavy/power metal band from Palamós, Spain, active since 2000. With a quarter century of history, they are seasoned veterans of the Costa Brava metal scene.
Dishonoured plays melodic death/heavy metal from the Uusimaa region, active since 2017 and bridging the gap between melodic death metal's aggression and traditional heavy metal's anthemic quality. Their old-English-spelled name suggests a code of honor violated — a dramatic tension reflected in their dynamic compositions.
Disidente Inmortal is a traditional heavy metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring vocalist Pablo Grasso and guitarist Manuel Fresno. The band released the album "Con la Fuerza del Trueno" in 2017 and followed it with "Estandarte Metálico" in 2021, the latter recorded at La Garra Studio in Villa Urquiza.
Dismal Crux is a heavy/thrash/doom metal band from Granada, Spain, formed in 2022. They forge a dark crossroads of heavy, thrash, and doom metal.
Disordered is a heavy/thrash/death metal band from the Stuttgart/Heilbronn/Ludwigsburg area of Germany, active since 2011. They deliver a potent mix of heavy, thrash, and death metal.
Dispanzer is a black metal and heavy metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2019. The project blends classic heavy metal with black metal darkness.
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