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Dr. Living Dead! is a crossover thrash band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2011. The project merges thrash metal with punk energy in a high-octane Swedish crossover assault.
Dr. Terror is a thrash/death metal band from Ripoll, Spain, formed in 2016. They prescribe a lethal dose of thrash and death metal from the Catalan Pyrenees.
Drag the Lake is a death/thrash metal band from Nottingham, England, formed in 2012. The band combine the bludgeoning heaviness of death metal with thrash metal's velocity in their independently released output.
Dragdown is a thrash/death metal band from Liege in Wallonia, active since 2018 and pulling listeners into their vortex of aggressive, riff-heavy extreme metal. Their forceful name matches a sound designed to overwhelm through sheer velocity and weight.
Dragosariz is a death/thrash metal band from Norderstedt, Germany, active since 2010. They deliver fierce death/thrash from the outskirts of Hamburg.
Drakkon is a thrash metal band from Varpalota, Hungary, formed in 2017. The band deliver aggressive, riff-forward thrash metal from the Hungarian underground.
Drankjan is a heavy/thrash metal band from Ulm, Germany, formed in 2018. They play riff-driven heavy/thrash metal from the Danube city.
Dranzer is a thrash metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, formed in 2022 and described as "Newcastle speeding power thrash," drawing influence from 1980s acts like Megadeth, Coroner, Death, and Toxik. The lineup of vocalist-guitarist James Taylor, guitarist Brandon Cummings, bassist Dan Hogarth, and drummer Owen Murray have released the Retribution EP and a 2024 demo.
Drauggard plays thrash/black metal from Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga, active since 2004 and among the longer-running extreme metal acts in the region. Their Norse-derived name and two decades of output have established them as veterans of the Russian extreme metal underground.
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