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D.I.E. is a thrash metal band from Kiuruvesi, Finland, active since 2012. They deliver fierce thrash from the Finnish countryside.
D.I.E. is a crossover band from Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil, formed by two friends with a mission to create fast, heavy music with a focus on social, cultural, political, and religious themes. The band operates as an independent act within the Brazilian underground scene and has shared stages with prominent national acts including Korzus, Ratos de Porão, and Torture Squad.
Saint Paul's D.I.M. has been grinding away at death metal's uglier edges since 2006, putting out material that favors menace and atmosphere over speed-for-its-own-sake. Minnesota's underground has always harbored a particular darkness, and D.I.M. taps directly into it.
D.I.Y. is a thrash metal and crossover band from Catania, Sicily, formed in 2018. The band fuse thrash metal speed with the punk energy of crossover from the Sicilian underground.
D.L.M. is a grindcore band from Não-Me-Toque, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2019 and active in the country's underground extreme music scene. The band channels anti-fascist and politically critical themes through their grindcore sound, operating as an independent act in the broader tradition of Brazilian grindcore.
Destruccion Mutua Asegurada — D.M.A. — brings a bilingual fury to Medina, Ohio's scene, fusing crossover thrash's breakneck hardcore energy with proper thrash metal riffing. Active since 2021, they hit like a freight train and don't look back.
D.N.O. plays brutal death metal from the closed nuclear city of Snezhinsk in the Urals, active since 2018. Their remote, security-restricted hometown lends genuine isolation to music that few outside the scene will ever witness live.
D.O.C. channels the reckless energy of early Teutonic speed metal from the streets of Rome, delivering whiplash-inducing riffs and breakneck tempos. Their raw, unpolished approach recalls the aggression of the mid-1980s European underground.
Los Angeles' D.O.G. blends the street-level bravado of heavy metal with thrash's snapping tempos, delivering something that sounds forged on the wrong side of the 405. Their 2020 formation puts them squarely in LA's resilient underground.
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