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Def Con One is a thrash metal/hardcore band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2019. They deliver high-alert thrash and hardcore from the North East.
A Brussels-based groove and thrash metal outfit, Def Soul grind out riff-forward metal energized by the rhythmic aggression of groove and the speed of old-school thrash. Active in the Belgian underground, the band maintains an independent presence on Bandcamp under the handle deesoul.
Baton Rouge's Deface have been fusing death and thrash metal since 2017, channeling the South's tradition of swampy aggression into precision-tooled extreme metal.
Savage Brutal Death Metal / Grindcore from Mesquite, Texas (early); Kansas City, Missouri (later).
Byron Center, Michigan's Defacement have been forging blackened death metal since 2019, wielding the raw hostility of black metal against the cavernous brutality of death to unsettling effect.
Defacer is a thrash metal/hardcore band from Kirkcaldy, Scotland, formed in 2016. They deliver defacing thrash and hardcore from Fife.
Defcon is a Potsdam-based thrash metal act active since 2007, named after the defense readiness condition system and delivering music with matching military urgency. Their sound channels the intensity of the Cold War-era threat level into relentless, high-alert thrash.
Oakland's Defcon 1 wasted no time making their presence felt when they formed in 2024, delivering Bay Area-inflected thrash that respects the region's legacy while keeping one foot in the present.
Defcon 5 is a progressive thrash metal band from Wuppertal, Germany, active since 2013. They push thrash metal's boundaries with progressive complexity and technical ambition.
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