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D.E.F.A.M.E. plays goregrind from Kaluga south of Moscow, active since 2015 and delivering the medical-horror-themed sonic carnage that defines the genre. Their acronymic name wraps the defamatory intent of their music in bureaucratic formatting.
D.E.I.M.O.S. is a crossover thrash band from Szczecin, Poland, formed in 2000. One of the veteran crossover acts in the Polish underground, the project merges thrash metal with punk energy.
D.E.R. is a grindcore band from São Paulo, Brazil, whose name stands for "Desordem e Regresso" (Disorder and Regress), a deliberate inversion of the phrase "Ordem e Progresso" (Order and Progress) found on the Brazilian flag. Self-described as practitioners of "Tropical Grindcore," the band delivers politically charged, high-velocity music and released the full-length "Tempo Severo" in 2026 through Cospe Fogo Gravações.
D.F.C., short for Distrito Federal Caos (Federal District Chaos), is a crossover thrash and hardcore band from Brasília, Brazil, widely regarded as one of the first hardcore punk and crossover bands to emerge from the country's capital. The band plays politically driven material with punk roots that evolved into a heavier thrash and crossover sound, and their catalog includes the albums "Tchan Nan Nan Nan Nan" and "Igreja Quadrangular Do Triângulo Redondo."
D.F.N. is a death metal act from Gullegem, Belgium, part of the Belgian extreme metal underground centered in West Flanders. The band maintains a Bandcamp presence with releases cataloged under the handle dfnkt, representing the region's small but active death metal club.
D.Hate is a groove and thrash metal band from Lviv, Ukraine, formed in 2003. One of the veteran groove/thrash acts from western Ukraine.
D.I.D.I. is a death metal band from Bargteheide, Germany, formed in 2015. They play straightforward, crushing death metal with unrelenting intensity.
Poughkeepsie's D.I.E. bridges the gap between death metal's grinding brutality and thrash metal's kinetic, riff-driven fury. Their crossover attack is nasty and direct, built for pits rather than passive listening.
A different beast entirely from their New York namesake, this Louisiana outfit from Cut Off smears sludge, death metal, and grindcore into something swampy and suffocating. The combination is as caustic as the bayou heat.
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