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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.
Diabol Boruta is a folk metal band from Rzeszow, Poland, formed in 2014. Named after a figure from Polish legend, the project blends folk elements with metal from the Subcarpathian region.
Diabula Rasa is a folk metal band from Lugo, in the Ravenna province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, formed in 2005. Using bagpipes, electro-acoustic hurdy-gurdy, and pipe organ, the five-piece reimagines 13th and 14th century melodies with period-authentic lyrics fused into a modern metal and rock framework.
Diabulus in Musica is a symphonic/power metal band from Pamplona, Spain, active since 2012. They blend symphonic grandeur with power metal energy from Navarre.
Diabállein is a black metal band from Monte Alto, São Paulo, Brazil, whose name derives from the Greek root of the word "diabolos," and who cite influences including Sarcófago, Darkthrone, Mayhem, and Venom. The band released their fourth full-length album, "Anti Sacra," in early 2025, recorded at Arte Estúdio in Monte Alto and distributed through Sangue Frio Produções.
Diachronia is a black and death metal band from Bielsko-Biala, Poland, formed in 2017. The project merges black metal's darkness with death metal's aggression from the Silesian Beskids.
Diaclast is a technical death metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, formed in 2014. The project delivers technically precise death metal from the Ural capital.
Diagnose is a political grindcore band from Fortaleza, Ceará, in northeastern Brazil, blending elements of crust punk, grindcore, and death metal with socially charged, anti-system lyrical content. The band released the demo "Desordem Capital" in 1998 and has built a discography spanning several decades, including the albums "Neurose XXI" (2005) and "Cidade Objeto" (2021). They are among the more enduring extreme underground acts from the Brazilian northeast.
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.
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