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Dirtpill is an experimental sludge metal band from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, formed in 2008. The project pushes sludge metal boundaries with experimental elements.
Dirtweed is a sludge, stoner, and doom metal trio from Rosario, Argentina, consisting of Maximiliano Dana on guitar and vocals, Juan Ignacio Garcia on bass, and Guido Rumi on drums. The band released their debut single "El del Vómito" in July 2024 and followed it with a self-titled four-track album in February 2026, recorded at 312 Music Studio and mixed and mastered by Gonzalo Villagra at Estudios Audion.
Dirty Blade is a heavy metal band from Montopoli in Val d'Arno, in the Pisa province of Tuscany, Italy, formed in 2016. The project delivers hard-hitting heavy metal with a raw and aggressive Tuscan edge.
Dirty Casuals is a stoner metal band from Clonmel, Ireland, formed in 2019. The band deliver heavy, fuzz-drenched stoner grooves from the Irish underground.
Dirty Dancing Pigs is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, formed in 2018. The project delivers savage grinding death metal from central Siberia.
Dirty Demons is a death metal band from Pomigliano d'Arco, in the Naples province of Campania, Italy, formed in 2006. The project channels dark and brutal death metal from the Neapolitan underground.
Dirty Grave is a doom metal band from Orlândia, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2013 by vocalist/bassist Mark Rainbow and guitarist Victor Berg, drawing heavily from proto-doom forebears like Black Sabbath and Pentagram while incorporating blues and psychedelia. The band released their debut full-length "Evil Desire" in 2017 and followed it with "Sin After Death" in 2019, the latter celebrating Satan and old-school metal. With two albums and several EPs, their releases have received coverage in international specialized metal media.
Dirty Jack is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Manchester, England, formed in 2011 with a seven-member lineup including vocalist Rivkah. Their self-titled EP features five tracks spanning power metal riffing and hard rock hooks across twenty minutes of material.
Dirty King is a doom and stoner metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2016. The project channels heavy, fuzzed-out doom and stoner riffs from the northeast English underground.
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