Despise the Catatonia is a German death/thrash/speed metal act formed in 2024 that rails against paralysis — both physical and metaphorical — through a triple-genre assault of breakneck velocity. Their hybrid approach draws on each genre's most aggressive impulses for maximum impact.

Despizer is a black and thrash metal band from Pabianice, Poland, formed in 2013. The project fuses black metal's rawness with thrash metal's velocity.

Despot is a thrash metal and crossover band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2021. The band fuse the speed of thrash metal with the punk energy of crossover.

Despotic is a death/thrash metal band from Prenzlau, Germany, formed in 2018. They rule through tyrannical death/thrash metal with authoritative force.

Dessacrator plays thrash/speed metal from the university city of Leiden, active since 2011 and desecrating convention through high-velocity riffing. Their misspelled-desecrator name adds a deliberately crude edge to their classic thrash attack.

Destabilizer is a thrash metal band from Horsens in east-central Jutland, active since 2021 and living up to their name with compositions designed to destabilize through relentless aggression. Their sound channels the raw, untamed energy of classic thrash through a Danish lens.

Destined to Burn is a thrash metal and hardcore act from Belgium's Limburg province, fusing the speed and riff intensity of thrash with hardcore's confrontational energy. Active since 2015, they deliver high-octane music built for both circle pits and stage dives.

Destinity is a band from Lyon, France, active since 2002, whose sound evolved from black metal through symphonic black/death metal to melodic thrash/death metal. Their two-decade journey spans multiple extreme metal subgenres.

Destractive is a death/thrash/black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2013. They deliver a three-pronged extreme metal assault.