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.

Despised is a death metal band from Paderborn, Germany, formed in 2018. They play aggressive, uncompromising death metal with brutal intensity.

Despite is a groove metal and metalcore band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2011. The project blends heavy groove riffing with metalcore intensity.

Despite the Gravity is a groove metal band from Krasnodar, Russia, formed in 2019. The project delivers heavy groove metal from the southern Russian scene.

Despite the Lies is a groove metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2010. The project channels heavy groove metal from the Russian capital.

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.

Despondence is a gothic metal band from Mykolaiv, Ukraine, formed in 2011. The project crafts dark gothic metal from the southern Ukrainian port city.

Despondency is a brutal death metal band from the Leer/Wilhelmshaven area of Germany, formed in 2019. They deliver crushing brutal death metal from northern Germany's coastal underground.

Despondent plays depressive black metal from Porto, active since 2008 and channeling nearly two decades of despair into raw, emotionally devastating compositions. Their name's clinical description of hopelessness translates directly into music that makes no attempt to comfort.