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Diabolic Heritage is a thrash metal/hardcore band from Saarbrücken, Germany, active since 2012. They channel the aggression of thrash metal through a hardcore punk framework.
Diabolika is a thrash metal band from the L'Hospitalet/Sant Feliu/Barcelona area of Spain, active since 2014. They play aggressive Catalan thrash metal.
New York's Diabolus arrived in 2022 with a thrash metal agenda that leaves no room for half-measures — riffs first, second, and last, built in the aggressive tradition that the state's metal scene has long sustained. Despite being a newer outfit, their approach carries the conviction of bands with far more years behind them.
Diabolus in Extremis is a thrash metal band from Cádiz, Spain, active since 2012. They deliver fierce thrash metal from Andalusia's Atlantic port city.
Diagnosis: Human is a progressive death/thrash metal band from Bern, active since 2013 and treating the human condition as a pathology to be dissected through complex, technically demanding compositions. Their clinical name frames their music as an examination of humanity's flaws through the scalpel of extreme metal.
Dianthus is a death and thrash metal band from Myslowice, Poland, formed in 1996. One of the veteran extreme metal acts in the Upper Silesian scene, the project has delivered decades of death/thrash.
A groove and thrash metal band from Antwerp, Diapolis released their New Millennium Crusade EP in September 2022 and have been recognized within the local scene as sharp purveyors of driving, riff-forward thrash. Unsigned and independent, they carry on the tradition of Antwerp's underground heavy music community.
Diatort was a death/thrash metal band from Passos, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Rooted in the extreme metal underground of the Brazilian interior, the band blended aggressive thrash riffing with death metal brutality before eventually splitting up.
Diatribes is a death/thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2014 by guitarist Gladyson Rivero alongside vocalist Danilo Luna, bassist Sérgio Roma, and drummer Rodrigo Biffi. The band blends aggressive thrash riffing with death metal brutality, and in 2025 signed with US label Brutal Records, releasing their debut full-length "Degenerate" in 2026.
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