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Dissens is a groove metal band from Switzerland, active since 2012 and anchoring their sound in the rhythmically punishing riffwork that defines the groove metal tradition. Their compositions emphasize crushing low-end weight and headbanging momentum.
Ferocious Technical Speed / Thrash Metal from Flower Mound/Austin.
Dissensy is a thrash metal band from Banovce nad Bebravou, Slovakia, formed in 2019. The project delivers aggressive thrash metal.
Dissenter is a brutal death metal band from Wroclaw, Poland, formed in 2016. The project delivers punishing brutal death metal from the Lower Silesian capital.
Dissenting Minds is an atmospheric black and post-metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2019 by George Triantafyllidis (ex-Revolted Masses), Spyros Vasilakis (Fallen Arise, Lycans), and Anastasis Katsos (Lycans). Their 2021 debut concept album Fly in the Face of God delivers eight tracks of heavy black metal infused with death and post-metal elements, released in a limited digipack edition of 250 copies.
Dissident is a thrash metal band from Valparaíso, Chile, with roots tracing back to 1998 when founders Javier Pinilla and Yan Herrera Reese began playing under successive names before consolidating as Dissident around 2006. The band plays old-school, Bay Area-influenced thrash metal and has released the full-length "Unleash the Violence... In Thrash We Trust" (2015, Iron Blood and Death Corporation) and "Tus Balas Volverán" (2020).
Dissident Aggressor is a band from Eisenbach, Germany, active since 2015, whose sound evolved from thrash metal roots into progressive metal and rock. Their journey reflects a deepening musical ambition.
Dissident Pachyderm is a stoner metal band from Lyon, France, active since 2010. They deliver massive, elephantine stoner grooves from southeastern France.
Dissident Skulls is a thrash/heavy metal act from the volcanic Canary Island of Fuerteventura, formed in 2024 and delivering rebellious metal from one of Europe's most remote outposts. Their defiant name suits music forged in the isolation of an Atlantic island far from continental metal hubs.
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