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Dirty Rose is a heavy metal band from West Lothian and Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2021, featuring members Sven Smith, Ben Draper, Jack Price, and Rory Levell. Their debut album Rock & Roll Is My Religion (2021) spans eleven tracks of riff-driven metal with hard rock and glam influences.
Disaffection is a heavy metal band from Nassjo, Sweden, formed in 2017. The project delivers classic heavy metal from the Smaland region.
Discharge is the legendary hardcore punk and D-beat band from Stoke-on-Trent, founded in 1977 by Terence "Tezz" Roberts and Royston "Rainy" Wainwright, widely credited as pioneers of the D-beat subgenre. Their later output incorporated heavy and thrash metal elements, and the band remain active with European touring dates into 2026 and releases including War Is Hell and Disensitise.
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.
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