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Despise the Catatonia is a German death/thrash/speed metal act formed in 2024 that rails against paralysis — both physical and metaphorical — through a triple-genre assault of breakneck velocity. Their hybrid approach draws on each genre's most aggressive impulses for maximum impact.
Dessacrator plays thrash/speed metal from the university city of Leiden, active since 2011 and desecrating convention through high-velocity riffing. Their misspelled-desecrator name adds a deliberately crude edge to their classic thrash attack.
Sandy, Utah's Destructinator formed in 2019 playing power/speed/thrash metal, the trifecta of velocity and epic ambition that defined the 1980s metal underground. Their music favors the melodic hook and the full-speed riff, channeling the bombast of bands that made the genre feel genuinely larger than life.
Destrukt started as a speed/thrash metal act in Thionville in Lorraine before evolving toward a heavier metal sound, tracing a path from youthful velocity to muscular power. Active since 2012, their evolution reflects a deepening musical maturity within the French metal underground.
Devilkommando is a black/thrash/speed metal band from Zagreb and Varazdin, Croatia, formed in 2025. The band blast through the intersection of black, thrash, and speed metal with relentless aggression.
Diabolic Night is a black/speed metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 2014. They deliver blistering speed metal laced with black metal's sinister atmosphere.
Diabolical Evil is a one-man black/speed metal project from Araripina, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco, operating under the sole membership of Rodrigo Infërnäl Ridër. Launched in late 2020, the project draws on old-school influences including Sarcófago, early Bathory, Slayer, and Mercyful Fate, blending first-wave black metal with thrash and speed metal aggression. The band released the "Cursed by Blood" 7-inch in 2022 through Vicious Witch Records, earning coverage from Decibel Magazine.
Diamond Dust is a symphonic power/speed metal band from the Metz/Nancy area of France, active since 2013. They deliver shimmering power and speed metal from Lorraine.
Digitalis is a thrash and speed metal band from Meldreth, Cambridgeshire, formed in 2012. The band channel the ripping velocity of classic speed metal with thrash aggression in their independently released output.
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