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Distorze is a heavy/thrash metal band from Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, formed in 2012. They deliver a blend of classic heavy metal melody with thrash metal's speed and aggression.
Distract Reality is a thrash metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2015. They play fast, aggressive thrash that shatters the comfortable illusions of everyday reality.
Distressed is a death/thrash metal band from Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil, currently active as an independent act. Their lyrical themes center on death, gore, and horror, and they released material including tracks such as "Decay" and "Decade of Decay" through their Bandcamp page. The band maintains an active presence on social media and represents the extreme metal underground of southern Brazil.
Districtus is a death/thrash metal band from Hartlepool in northeast England, formed in 2011. The band combine the ferocity of death metal with the speed and precision of thrash in their independently released material.
Disturbia is a thrash metal band from Pilar, Buenos Aires, formed in 2016 and released under the Argentina Thrash Metal label. They released the album "Tomando el Té con el Diablo" in 2021 on both CD and cassette formats, and had earlier appeared on the compilation "Under Not Dead 2" (N.L.P.A.N Records, 2015).
Disturbing Foresights is a thrash/crossover/hardcore act from The Hague, one of the Netherlands' longest-running extreme bands with roots stretching back to 1993. Over three decades they've maintained a furious commitment to high-energy, punk-infused thrash from the Dutch political capital.
Disurban is a thrash metal and crossover band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2020. The band merge the speed and aggression of thrash metal with the punk energy of crossover.
Disztraktor is a metal band from Szentendre, Hungary, active since 2003, evolving from heavy metal and hard rock beginnings into thrash metal. The band's two-decade journey reflects a deepening commitment to aggressive metal.
Dithyrambs is a power and thrash metal band from Montepulciano, in the Siena province of Tuscany, Italy, formed in 2009. The project merges power metal's melodic grandeur with thrash metal's aggression.
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