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Dishonour the Crown is a crossover thrash, hardcore punk, and death metal band split between South Wales and London, formed in 2012 and driven by writer-producer Ron D. Their 2018 debut album The English Way spans eleven tracks of politically charged, groove-heavy thrash inspired by Pantera, Biohazard, and Napalm Death.
A death/thrash metal band from Lienz, East Tyrol, Austria, begun as a solo project by lyricist and composer Harald Berger in 2017. Their debut full-length 'The Maze of Solitude' (2023) draws on Slayer, Exodus, and early Florida death metal, with lyrics addressing smartphone addiction, COVID-era control, and digital enslavement, after which Berger expanded the project into a full live band.
Disintegrate plays melodic death/thrash metal from Leeuwarden in Friesland, active since 2012 and breaking molecular bonds through aggressive, hook-laden compositions. Their science-of-destruction name captures the precision with which they disassemble conventional song structures.
Disliked is a thrash metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2020. The project channels aggressive and hard-hitting thrash metal from the Milanese scene.
Dislocate is a thrash metal band from Mulhouse, France, formed in 2022. They deliver dislocating thrash from Alsace.
Dismal Crux is a heavy/thrash/doom metal band from Granada, Spain, formed in 2022. They forge a dark crossroads of heavy, thrash, and doom metal.
Dismal Fog is a thrash metal band from Toulouse, France, active since 1990. With over three decades of history, they are among the oldest thrash acts in the French scene.
Dismayed is a death and thrash metal band from Bologna, Italy, formed in 2021. The project fuses death metal's crushing weight with thrash metal's relentless speed from the Emilia-Romagna scene.
Disminded plays death/thrash metal from Wesel in North Rhine-Westphalia, active since 2013 and forging aggressive compositions that strip listeners of rational thought — as their name suggests. Their dual-genre approach combines the heaviness of death metal with thrash's relentless forward drive.
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