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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Dismayed is a death and thrash metal band from Bologna, Italy, formed in 2021. The project fuses death metal's crushing weight with thrash metal's relentless speed from the Emilia-Romagna scene.
Disminded plays death/thrash metal from Wesel in North Rhine-Westphalia, active since 2013 and forging aggressive compositions that strip listeners of rational thought — as their name suggests. Their dual-genre approach combines the heaviness of death metal with thrash's relentless forward drive.
Disorder Bones is a thrash metal/crossover band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2018. They play energetic crossover thrash from the Catalan capital.
Disordered is a heavy/thrash/death metal band from the Stuttgart/Heilbronn/Ludwigsburg area of Germany, active since 2011. They deliver a potent mix of heavy, thrash, and death metal.
Disowned is a black, death, and thrash metal band from Forshaga, Sweden, formed in 2015. The project fuses three pillars of extreme metal from the Varmland region.
Dispair is a thrash/death metal band from Pilsen, Czech Republic, formed in 2013. They fuse the intensity of death metal with thrash's relentless pace and razor-sharp riffing.
Dispario is a power and thrash metal band from Zelenograd, Russia, formed in 2001. One of the veteran metal acts from the Moscow area.
Dispensary is a death and thrash metal band from Chelyabinsk, Russia, formed in 1970. One of the oldest extreme metal acts in Russia.
Disphoria is a speed and thrash metal band from Volgorechensk, Russia, formed in 2018. The project delivers high-velocity speed/thrash from the Kostroma region.
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