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D.A.M is a melodic death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, founded by guitarist and composer Guilherme De Alvarenga as a project fusing compositional techniques drawn from classical music with heavy metal intensity. The band explores themes of occultism and the darker aspects of the human psyche, and their early work established a style that later incorporated folk and epic metal elements alongside their melodic death metal foundation.
D.E.R. is a grindcore band from São Paulo, Brazil, whose name stands for "Desordem e Regresso" (Disorder and Regress), a deliberate inversion of the phrase "Ordem e Progresso" (Order and Progress) found on the Brazilian flag. Self-described as practitioners of "Tropical Grindcore," the band delivers politically charged, high-velocity music and released the full-length "Tempo Severo" in 2026 through Cospe Fogo Gravações.
D.F.C., short for Distrito Federal Caos (Federal District Chaos), is a crossover thrash and hardcore band from Brasília, Brazil, widely regarded as one of the first hardcore punk and crossover bands to emerge from the country's capital. The band plays politically driven material with punk roots that evolved into a heavier thrash and crossover sound, and their catalog includes the albums "Tchan Nan Nan Nan Nan" and "Igreja Quadrangular Do Triângulo Redondo."
D.I.E. is a crossover band from Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil, formed by two friends with a mission to create fast, heavy music with a focus on social, cultural, political, and religious themes. The band operates as an independent act within the Brazilian underground scene and has shared stages with prominent national acts including Korzus, Ratos de Porão, and Torture Squad.
D.L.M. is a grindcore band from Não-Me-Toque, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2019 and active in the country's underground extreme music scene. The band channels anti-fascist and politically critical themes through their grindcore sound, operating as an independent act in the broader tradition of Brazilian grindcore.
D.R.I.L.L. — an acronym for Drilled Rests of Inhuman Lost Lives — is a death metal band from Arica, in Chile's far north. The band recorded 'Vicious Ruthless Bloodshed' at Sade Studios for drums and their own D.R.I.L.L. Studios in Arica for vocals and strings, with mixing and mastering by Juan Pablo Donoso.
D1straught is a technical thrash metal band from Santiago, Chile, whose lyrical themes address social inequality, corruption, and political critique. The band released the album 'Money Equal Death' in January 2019, followed by the single 'Protesto' and the full-length 'Majestic Twelve' in 2021.
Daedius is a progressive technical death metal band from La Ligua, in Chile's Valparaíso region, formed by a lineup including guitarists Francisco Lara and Jorge Salinas alongside vocalist Matias Espinoza. Their debut album 'Of Chaos and Resurgence', released in September 2018, presents seven tracks mixed and mastered by Darío Llancamán at Llancamaiden Studios.
Dagas is a traditional heavy metal band from San Fernando, Buenos Aires, with roots stretching back to 1994. Drawing influence from Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, and Black Sabbath, the band gained early recognition by opening for Mercyful Fate in Argentina in 1999, and has continued operating as an independent act focused on dark, occult-themed heavy metal.
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