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Desgraceria is a death metal and grindcore band from Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2007. The band released the album "Crença Cega," which drew comparisons to early Napalm Death for its balance of chaotic blasting and sludge-driven riffs. They also appeared on the split release "Terrorgrind Sudamericaos" alongside Yukaha, reissued on cassette in 2021.
Desgraça is a depressive black metal project from Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2017 and active in the Brazilian DSBM underground. The band's lyrical themes center on affliction, depression, and suicide, placing them firmly within the depressive suicidal black metal tradition. They have released material independently, including recordings available on their Bandcamp page.
Desgraça Eterna is a black metal band from Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, noted for being among the earliest black metal acts to emerge from the northern Minas Gerais region. The band explores lyrical themes of chaos, nihilism, misanthropy, and anti-religion in the raw Brazilian black metal tradition. Their discography includes the album "Sombrio Pacto Com A Escuridão Eterna" and an EP released through Wolfmond Production.
Deshody plays progressive thrash/groove metal from Sora in the Frosinone province, fusing thrash's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic weight and progressive metal's structural ambition. Their tri-genre approach creates compositions that are at once headbangable and intellectually engaging.
Deshuesadero is a sludge metal and crust band from Mexico City, Mexico. The band has been active since at least 2015 and released their debut full-length, La agonía de los sin suerte, in 2017, followed by the EP Al Azif: El Murmullo de los Demonios in 2019. They have appeared on multiple splits with other underground Mexican acts.
Deshuesadero is a sludge metal and crust band from Mexico City, Mexico. The band has been active since at least 2015 and released their debut full-length, La agonía de los sin suerte, in 2017, followed by the EP Al Azif: El Murmullo de los Demonios in 2019. They have appeared on multiple splits with other underground Mexican acts.
Brooklyn's Desiccate formed in 2022, adding a fresh voice to New York City's crowded but vital death metal scene with a sound that leans into the suffocating, airless quality their name implies. Even as a newer act, they've tapped into the raw intensity that defines death metal at its most uncompromising.
A brutal death metal and deathcore band from Vienna, Austria, active from 2007 to 2010 before splitting up. Unsigned and independent during their run, they operated in Vienna's underground extreme metal scene at the height of deathcore's European wave.
Desiderat is a progressive metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2021. They explore complex, ambitious compositions with a cerebral approach to heavy music.
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