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Disphoria is a speed and thrash metal band from Volgorechensk, Russia, formed in 2018. The project delivers high-velocity speed/thrash from the Kostroma region.
Disphoria Project is a progressive heavy metal/hard rock band from Münster, Germany, formed in 2023. They blend progressive complexity with the directness of heavy metal and hard rock.
Dispicha plays heavy metal fused with crust punk from Castelo de Paiva in northern Portugal, active since 2011. Their unusual genre combination bridges the gap between metal's power and punk's raw urgency, creating a distinctly Portuguese hybrid.
Displacement is a thrash metal band from Bolton, England, formed in 2018. The band deliver high-energy thrash rooted in the genre's classic attack of speed and aggression.
Display is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2016. They blend melodic death metal hooks with metalcore's modern dynamics.
Displeasure is a grindcore and death metal band from La Plata, Buenos Aires, formed in 2020. They released the album "Enraizar el alma en lo complejo del odio" in February 2024 and contributed the track "Montañas de la locura" to the compilation "Sick Musik to Your Guts" later that year.
Dispnea is a depressive black metal band from Naples, Italy, formed in 2019. The project's name, meaning 'breathlessness,' reflects its suffocating and anguished approach to atmospheric black metal.
Disposal plays death/thrash metal from Hameenlinna in the Finnish lake district, active since 2011 and disposing of listeners' expectations through efficient, well-crafted extreme metal. Their no-frills name matches an approach that wastes nothing — every riff serves the song's destructive purpose.
Disposed is a melodic death metal band from Jalasjärvi, Finland, active since 2012. They deliver emotionally charged melodic death metal from the South Ostrobothnian countryside.
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