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Disfigured by Hatred is a death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2020. They released their debut demo "Raw Death Metal" on July 5, 2020, which was later reissued in an expanded edition by Motim Underground as "Raw Death Metal (Demo + Bônus - GRAVE 001)". The band's lineup features Balthazar "The Gutsfucker" on vocals, Rodrigo Campbell on guitar, Davi "Grindkrusher" on drums, and Reginaldo "Hellmaniac" on bass.
Disformes is a death metal band from Teresina, Piauí, Brazil, representing the underground extreme metal scene of Brazil's northeastern interior. The band released the EP "Suprema Arte da Morte" in March 2023, a six-track recording available on Bandcamp, and has also appeared on split releases including a collaboration with Argentine goregrind band Espermorragia. Their lyrical themes revolve around death, blood, war, religion, and human darkness.
Disfuria is a crust punk and grindcore outfit from Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires, formed in 2022 and drawing on powerviolence, death metal, and stenchcore. They released their debut full-length "No tengo boca y debo gritar" in December 2022, followed by "Ejercicios de violencia" in October 2023, both available on Bandcamp as independent releases.
Dislexya was a death metal band from Argentina that released their debut EP "II" in October 2016 and the full-length "Dis Is Nightmare" in May 2019, the latter mixed and mastered by Joel Mäntyranta. The band blended death metal with punk influences across their two releases before splitting up.
DisnneyHell is a grindcore/death metal band from Capivari, São Paulo, Brazil, active since the mid-2010s and influenced by the likes of Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, and Terrorizer. Prior to their debut full-length, the band built their catalog with a 2008 demo, the EP Destruindo um Mundo de Fantasia (2012), and a live recording from 2017. Their debut album O Jardim dos Esquecidos (The Garden of the Forgotten) features ten tracks sung entirely in Portuguese, channeling the anger and intensity typical of the genre.
Displeasure is a grindcore and death metal band from La Plata, Buenos Aires, formed in 2020. They released the album "Enraizar el alma en lo complejo del odio" in February 2024 and contributed the track "Montañas de la locura" to the compilation "Sick Musik to Your Guts" later that year.
Dissector is a black/death metal band from Pelotas, in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, formed in 2007. The band is registered on Encyclopaedia Metallum among several acts sharing the name from different countries, representing the extreme metal underground of southern Brazil. They have released material on Bandcamp before splitting up.
Dissidium is a death metal band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, formed in 2013 and currently active. An earlier project under the same name from the same city released the EP "Danse Macabre" in 2009, a horror-themed record drawing lyrical inspiration from classic slasher film characters such as Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers. The band operates within the underground death metal scene of northeastern Brazil.
Distortum is a grindcore and death metal band from Trelew, Chubut, one of the few extreme metal acts to emerge from Argentina's Patagonian interior. Their early demos "Descerebrado lentamente" (1996) and "Descomposición acelerada" (1997) established their place in the Argentine underground extreme metal scene of the 1990s.
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