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Disposed to Mirth is a death metal/metalcore band from Münster, Germany, active since 2011. Their ironic name contrasts with their aggressive blend of death metal and metalcore.
Distorment is a death metal and metalcore band from Sofia, Bulgaria, blending crushing heaviness with breakdowns and aggressive vocal delivery since 2015. Their approach fuses old-school death metal brutality with the rhythmic punch of modern metalcore.
Diversion End is a melodic groove metal/metalcore band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2014. They blend melodic groove metal with metalcore from northern Finland.
Divinators plays melodic groove metal and metalcore from Moscow, active since 2020 and channeling prophecy-themed imagery through rhythmically driven compositions. Their oracle name adds mystical gravitas to modern, hook-laden extreme metal.
Divine Heresy is a Los Angeles-based technical death/groove metal band formed in 2006 by guitarist Dino Cazares, a co-founder of Fear Factory. The band's debut album Bleed the Fifth (2007) sold nearly 3,000 copies in its first week and showcased Cazares's mechanized riffing alongside vocalist Travis Neal and drummer Tim Yeung of Vital Remains. A second album, Bringer of Plagues, followed in 2009 via Century Media, co-produced by Logan Mader.
Dizident plays progressive melodic death metal and metalcore from Ploiesti in Wallachia, active since 2007 and channeling political and social dissidence through technically accomplished compositions. Their dissident name speaks to the rebellious spirit driving nearly two decades of genre-crossing extreme metal.
Doctrina plays metalcore from Moscow, active since 2019 and delivering the genre's characteristic blend of heavy breakdowns and aggressive vocals. Their teaching-doctrine name frames their music as instruction in controlled sonic violence.
Dogma IVS is a melodic death metal and metalcore act from Goslar in the Harz Mountains, active since 1999 and among the longer-running bands bridging these two genres in Germany. Their quarter-century career spans the entire evolution of melodeath-influenced metalcore.
Donkerkarnuffel is a clown-themed extreme metal band from London, formed in 2013, blending grindcore, black metal, death metal, and hardcore under a "cirque de mort" concept. Their lineup of Chris "Haggis" Holmes, Jamie "Mr Bloody" Brewer, Alex "Wriggles" Wrigley, and Sean "Skeats" Keatley released the fourteen-track Rise of the Red Nosed Nemesis in 2024.
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