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Vicious Death / Thrash Metal from Dallas.
Dallas's Discern arrived in 2023 with a death/thrash attack that slots naturally into the Texas tradition of technically sharp, aggressive metal. Young but purposeful, they represent a new generation picking up the thread of a scene that has always rewarded heaviness and precision.
Discharge is the legendary hardcore punk and D-beat band from Stoke-on-Trent, founded in 1977 by Terence "Tezz" Roberts and Royston "Rainy" Wainwright, widely credited as pioneers of the D-beat subgenre. Their later output incorporated heavy and thrash metal elements, and the band remain active with European touring dates into 2026 and releases including War Is Hell and Disensitise.
Disciplina is a thrash metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2017. The project channels fast and furious thrash metal energy from the Milanese underground.
Disconnected Brain is a thrash metal band from Aix-les-Bains, France, active since 2013. They deliver mindless thrash from the Alpine spa town.
Discordance is an industrial death/thrash metal band from Puerto de Sagunto, Spain, active since 2000. With over two decades of activity, they pioneer industrial-tinged extreme metal from the Valencian coast.
Discorde is a death/thrash metal band from Bouëx, France, active since 2013. They deliver discordant death/thrash from the Charente region.
Discrepancy is a death metal and metalcore band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2014. The project blends death metal with metalcore and thrash from Russia's cultural capital.
Columbus, Ohio's Discretionary Kayoss have been tearing through the crossover thrash playbook since 2020, combining punk's stripped-down aggression with metal's firepower in the tradition the genre was built on. They bring a chaotic energy to the Columbus underground that the city's thriving DIY scene has always made room for.
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