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Divine (2024)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Dysplasia is a melodic death metal and thrash metal band from Tyreso, Sweden, formed in 2023. The project channels aggressive melodeath and thrash.
Dysprosia is a thrash metal band from Paris, France, active since 2010. They play aggressive thrash from the French capital.
Dysprosium is a death/thrash metal band from Kirkcaldy, Scotland, formed in 2014. The band deliver aggressive death-thrash metal rooted in the Scottish underground heavy music scene.
San Antonio thrash metal act formed in 2013, Dysrupter brings a relentless, riff-driven attack that fits naturally into South Texas's long history of underground metal aggression. Blunt and uncompromising, they represent the city's ongoing contribution to American thrash.
Dyssomnia is a death/thrash metal band from Nancy, France, formed in 2023. They deliver sleepless aggression from Lorraine.
Cheyenne, Wyoming thrash metal act founded in 2021, Dystopioid represents an uncommon address in the American metal underground — Wyoming produces few metal bands, making their straight-ahead thrash attack a genuine regional rarity. Their approach is rooted in the traditional, fast-picking idiom of the genre.
Dystopy is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2018. They deliver dystopian melodic extremity from the French capital.
Dystopya is a thrash metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2012. The project channels aggressive and dystopian-themed thrash metal from the Milanese underground.
New Brunswick, New Jersey band formed in 2010, Dystrophy began in progressive and thrash territory before evolving into technical death metal — a trajectory common to bands that outgrow speed in favor of precision and density. Their New Jersey location ties them to a robust mid-Atlantic extreme metal community.
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