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Degress is a black and thrash metal band from Postojna, Slovenia, formed in 2018. The project fuses black metal with thrash velocity from the Karst region.
Dehead is a Rigan thrash metal act active since 2015, delivering aggressive, neck-snapping riffage to Latvia's metal community. Their decapitation-evoking name matches the surgical precision and violent energy of their thrash attack.
Dehumanaut is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Bristol, England, formed in 2020. They explore the cosmos through melodic death/thrash from the West Country.
Dehumanised is a thrash metal band from Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France, active since 2013. They play fierce, dehumanizing thrash from the Lille metropolitan area.
Dehumaniser is a thrash metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2020. They play fierce, riff-driven thrash metal with mechanical precision.
Gilbert, Arizona's Dehumanizer blend thrash and death metal in the sun-scorched Phoenix suburb that's become a genuine breeding ground for extreme music in the desert Southwest. Formed in 2018 and operating through the Ozone Morte Bandcamp, they bring a gritty, mid-paced aggression to a genre combination that has always thrived on heat and hostility.
San Antonio, Texas death/thrash act Deimos have been at it since 2000, building a sound rooted in the old-school convergence of thrash riffing and death metal brutality — a combination that found its footing in Texas long before the state's metal scene gained wider recognition. Twenty-plus years in, they represent the kind of steadfast underground commitment that keeps regional scenes alive.
Formed in 2016 in Pleasanton, California, Deities fuse the jackhammer riffing of Bay Area thrash with the churning low-end of death metal. The band carries on the aggression of the region's thrash legacy while pushing into harder, more death-inflected territory.
Dejadeath is a band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2013, whose sound evolved from death metal into a complex fusion of progressive, thrash, and death metal. Their ambitious approach pushes boundaries across multiple subgenres.
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