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Dosis Exakta is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2015. Their debut album, released that same year, features eight tracks of aggressive street-level metal drawing on both thrash and hardcore punk traditions.
Double Cross is a heavy metal trio from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed by guitarist/vocalist Alex Albernaz, bassist Thiago Brotão, and drummer Gus. Drawing inspiration from dark old-school acts such as Mercyful Fate, Venom, and Motörhead, the band released their debut EP "Obey Thy Master" in May 2020, recorded at Solo Studio in Belo Horizonte.
Dr. Zaius is a grindcore band from Santiago, Chile, tracing their roots to the early 1990s underground act Proteus Mirabilis before continuing under the Dr. Zaius name from 2000 onward. The band released the EP "Music From My Fist" in 2006 and the "Sociedad Infectada" EP in 2016, both recorded in Santiago and self-released through their own SIMIO DEMENTE Productions imprint.
Drace XII is a symphonic power metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, blending power and progressive metal with orchestral arrangements and influences from Visual Kei. The band released their debut album "Supreme Legacy" in 2016, produced by Edu Falaschi (ex-Angra), followed by "The 12th Ceremony" in 2018.
Draco Ignis Luciferi is a black metal band from Botucatu, São Paulo state, Brazil, formed in 2023. The band released their debut recording "Dominus Obscuritatis Omnia Scit Et Omnia Videt" in August 2023, a four-track release recorded and mixed at Templum Draconis Satanae, featuring occult lyrical themes and raw black metal production.
Dragoons is a power/progressive metal band from Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band evolved from earlier melodic heavy metal roots into a heavier, more complex power metal direction, drawing on the technical and compositional traditions of the Brazilian progressive metal scene.
Drahg is a raw black metal and punk band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2020. The band released a self-titled debut in 2020, recorded live at Belt Drive Studio in Belo Horizonte, and is associated with the Cianeto Discos label.
Drahktar is a progressive power metal band from Porto Alegre, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band released their debut album Across the Wasteland in May 2021, an 11-track record featuring vocalist Lucas Vidal, guitarists Leonardo and Luis Fernando Moura, bassist Ângela Lopes, and drummer Fabiano Lopes.
Drakher is a heavy metal band from Puerto Montt in Chile's Los Lagos region, formed in 2002 out of an earlier Judas Priest tribute project called Force Down. The band released their debut full-length "Primal Machine" in 2005 and followed it with "Rejector" in 2010 on Australis Records, recorded at Studio Sade in Santiago; drummer Walter Tölg is also known for his work with Chilean black metal band Hetroertzen.
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