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Disaster Area is a thrash metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2014 and delivering high-energy riffing rooted in the classic thrash tradition. Their sound channels the aggressive tempo and tight rhythmic attack of the genre's foundational acts.
Disaster Now is a thrash/groove metal band from Bilbao in the Basque Country, active since 2016 and delivering urgent, high-energy metal that demands immediate attention. Their name's sense of impending catastrophe translates directly into music built on explosive riffs and relentless momentum.
Disasterhate is a death and thrash metal band from Catania, Sicily, formed in 2018. The project delivers devastating death/thrash aggression from the Sicilian underground.
One of Austria's oldest active death metal bands, formed in Klagenfurt in July 1988 and operating, after a brief hiatus from 1995 to 1998, through to the present on Steel Breaker Records. Their discography of gore-themed, old-school death metal spans albums from 'Rhapsodies in Red' through to 'Santo Subito' (2022), and they consider themselves direct contemporaries of the genre's first wave.
Disataraxy is a post-metal and sludge metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2020. The project crafts atmospheric post-metal with sludge metal weight.
Disbeliever is a gothic metal band from Pisa, Italy, formed in 2010. The project crafts dark and melodic gothic metal atmospheres from the Tuscan underground.
Disborn is a melodic death metal and thrash metal band from Vaxjo, Sweden, formed in 2018. The project channels aggressive melodeath and thrash from Smaland.
Disbound is a black metal band from Kingisepp, Russia, formed in 2023. The project channels dark black metal from the Leningrad region.
Disbrainer is a thrash metal band from Getxo, Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2018. They deliver brain-scrambling thrash from the Basque coast.
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