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Dishonour the Crown is a crossover thrash, hardcore punk, and death metal band split between South Wales and London, formed in 2012 and driven by writer-producer Ron D. Their 2018 debut album The English Way spans eleven tracks of politically charged, groove-heavy thrash inspired by Pantera, Biohazard, and Napalm Death.
A death/thrash metal band from Lienz, East Tyrol, Austria, begun as a solo project by lyricist and composer Harald Berger in 2017. Their debut full-length 'The Maze of Solitude' (2023) draws on Slayer, Exodus, and early Florida death metal, with lyrics addressing smartphone addiction, COVID-era control, and digital enslavement, after which Berger expanded the project into a full live band.
Disintegrate plays melodic death/thrash metal from Leeuwarden in Friesland, active since 2012 and breaking molecular bonds through aggressive, hook-laden compositions. Their science-of-destruction name captures the precision with which they disassemble conventional song structures.
Disinter was a death/thrash metal band from Mendoza, Argentina, active from the early 1990s before eventually splitting up. Their 1991 demo "Disinterra Et Corpus" remains their most documented early recording and is preserved on Bandcamp, capturing a raw approach to extreme metal in line with the South American underground of that era.
Disliked is a thrash metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2020. The project channels aggressive and hard-hitting thrash metal from the Milanese scene.
Dislocate is a thrash metal band from Mulhouse, France, formed in 2022. They deliver dislocating thrash from Alsace.
Dismal Crux is a heavy/thrash/doom metal band from Granada, Spain, formed in 2022. They forge a dark crossroads of heavy, thrash, and doom metal.
Dismal Fog is a thrash metal band from Toulouse, France, active since 1990. With over three decades of history, they are among the oldest thrash acts in the French scene.
Rosemead, California's Dismantle arrived in 2020 with a thrash metal blueprint built for maximum velocity and aggression, drawing on the San Gabriel Valley's scrappy underground energy. Their sound is built on the classic Southern California thrash template — taut, driving riffs and a relentless forward momentum that's all muscle and no filler.
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