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Despised is a death metal band from Paderborn, Germany, formed in 2018. They play aggressive, uncompromising death metal with brutal intensity.
Despised is a death metal and grindcore duo from Mogi Guaçu, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2018, consisting of Alex Roque (guitars, bass, drums) and Rodolfo Carrega (vocals). The band plays brutal, politically driven music and released the album Scorched Earth in 2023 through Kvlt und Kaos Productions.
Montreal's Despised Icon are foundational figures in the development of deathcore, forming in 2002 and rapidly building a viscerally brutal sound that combined death metal's technical precision with hardcore's punishing breakdown-driven aggression and the dual vocal assault of Alex Erian and Steve Marois. Albums including The Healing Process (2005) and The Ills of Modern Man (2007) are genre classics, and though the band disbanded in 2010, their 2016 reunion demonstrated an enduring relevance, with Nuclear Blast releasing their 2025 album Shadow Work as the latest chapter of a career that shaped an entire generation of heavy music.
Despite is a groove metal and metalcore band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2011. The project blends heavy groove riffing with metalcore intensity.
Despite the Gravity is a groove metal band from Krasnodar, Russia, formed in 2019. The project delivers heavy groove metal from the southern Russian scene.
Despite the Lies is a groove metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2010. The project channels heavy groove metal from the Russian capital.
Despizer is a black and thrash metal band from Pabianice, Poland, formed in 2013. The project fuses black metal's rawness with thrash metal's velocity.
Atlanta's Despoiler emerged in 2019 with a death-tinged thrash attack that fits naturally into the city's long tradition of extreme metal extremity. Their riffs carry the taut, angular energy of thrash while the death metal influence darkens the harmonic palette and adds rot to the low frequencies.
Madison's Despojo formed in 2024 at the intersection of doom and post-metal, building slow-burning compositions where weight and atmosphere are equally weighted. The Spanish name — meaning dispossession or stripping away — signals an aesthetic of reduction: everything unnecessary discarded, leaving only resonance.
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