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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Disposed to Mirth is a death metal/metalcore band from Münster, Germany, active since 2011. Their ironic name contrasts with their aggressive blend of death metal and metalcore.
Dispyria is a melodic heavy/power metal band from Kaiserslautern, Germany, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, they are steadfast purveyors of melodic power metal.
Disquiet plays melodic thrash metal from Amsterdam, active since 2008 and channeling anxiety and unease into technically proficient, hook-laden compositions. Their name captures the restless energy that drives their music forward — never settling, always pushing.
Disreality is a thrash/death metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2023. They deliver aggressive thrash/death metal from the Rhineland.
Disregard is a death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2013. The project delivers aggressive death metal from the west coast.
Disrepute is a death metal band from Plauen, Germany, active since 2003. They play old-school death metal refined over two decades of dedication.
Disrupcion is a melodic death metal band from Salta, Argentina, founded in 2017. Their debut album "Introspectiva" was released in February 2019, comprising nine tracks recorded, mixed, and mastered at Áureo Estudio in Salta between June and November 2018.
Disrupt plays thrash/death metal from Porto, active since 2007 and delivering nearly two decades of sonic disruption from Portugal's second city. Their interference-evoking name drives aggressive compositions designed to shatter any sense of order or calm.
Redwood City, California's Disruption emerged in 2022 as part of a new wave of West Coast black metal practitioners, carving their niche from the Bay Area's fertile underground. Young but focused, they approach the genre with the cold, abrasive conviction that black metal demands, drawing on Northern California's increasingly active extreme metal scene.
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