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Out of Russellville, Arkansas, Dr. Butcher has been dealing in a particularly nasty strain of goregrind and death metal since 2011, built on surgical-grade brutality and an almost comedically grim aesthetic. The band's dedication to the uglier end of the death-grind spectrum keeps things deliberately primitive and visceral, with no interest in polish or subtlety.
Dr. Faust started as a speed/thrash metal act in the Black Sea resort of Sochi before evolving into death metal and grindcore. Active since 2016, their Faustian name — evoking the deal-with-the-devil legend — frames their genre transformation as a kind of bargain with extremity.
Dragon Lord is a power/speed metal band from Pamplona, Spain, formed in 2021. They deliver high-speed power metal from the ancient Navarrese capital.
A speed and power metal band from Jurbise, Hainaut formed in 1983, Drakkar are among Belgium's most enduring heavy metal acts, their first demo produced by Scorpions drummer Rudy Lenners and leading directly to a deal with Mausoleum Records and the 1988 debut X-Rated. The band subsequently opened for Metallica, Queensrÿche, Overkill, and Slayer, and remains active today with albums including Once Upon a Time... in Hell! (2014) and Diabolical Empathy (2017).
Draught is a melodic speed/heavy/death metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland, formed in 2020. They blend multiple metal styles into a versatile Finnish sound.
Dream Castle is a power and speed metal band from Rapallo, near Genoa, Italy, formed in 2016. The project delivers high-velocity power/speed metal with epic fantasy themes from the Ligurian coast.
Drittmaskin is a black, speed, and thrash metal band from Breim, Norway, formed in 2018. The project fuses black metal's rawness with speed and thrash metal's relentless velocity.
Formed in 2024 out of Union, New Jersey, DTA came out of the gate swinging with the kind of urgent, no-frills aggression that defined early speed metal before thrash hardened its edges. Their sound splits the difference between the breakneck tempos of classic NWOBHM-influenced speed metal and the crunchier, pit-ready riff structures of East Coast thrash. A young band with teeth already showing.
Dunwich Ritual is a speed metal band from Deuil-la-Barre, France, formed in 2022. Named after Lovecraft's horror, they deliver blistering speed metal.
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