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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Desinence Mortification is a death metal and grindcore band from Pula, Croatia, active since 1996. With nearly three decades in the Croatian underground, the band are veterans of the Adriatic extreme metal scene.
Desmodus Rotundus plays black metal and grindcore from Bergen, formed in 2024 and named after the common vampire bat. Their scientific-nomenclature name adds a zoological precision to the blood-soaked ferocity of their extreme metal.
Destripar is a death metal and grindcore band from Poland, formed in 2024. The project delivers savage grinding death metal extremity.
Destrypse is a grindcore act from Modica in Sicily's Ragusa province, formed in 2025 and representing the newest wave of the island's extreme music underground. Their blasting, microsecond compositions deliver maximum violence in minimum time.
Devast is a death metal and grindcore band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2014. They deliver intense, grinding brutality with relentless blast beats and guttural vocals.
Devastor is a death metal and grindcore band from Žatec, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. They blend crushing death metal riffs with grindcore's velocity and intensity.
Devoured by Vermin is a grindcore band from Bologna, Italy. The project unleashes short, brutal bursts of grinding extremity from the Emilia-Romagna underground scene.
Devoured Elysium plays death metal and grindcore from Amsterdam, active since 2018 and consuming paradise through extreme sonic violence. Their name's image of heaven being eaten alive speaks to the nihilistic destruction at the heart of their music.
Dgorath is a black/death metal and grindcore band from London, England, active since 2014. They deliver a savage fusion of extreme subgenres from the British capital.
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