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Disorder of Rage is a death/thrash metal band from Mogi Guaçu, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2002 and drawing on hardcore influences alongside their extreme metal core. The band built their early reputation through demos, EPs, and compilation appearances before releasing InsaneMind Creations, recorded and mixed at CSB Studio in Mogi Guaçu, which showcased their fast, groove-heavy approach to Brazilian extreme metal. They have continued writing material for a debut full-length featuring eleven original tracks.
Disownment is a slam/brutal death metal project uniting Bryan Whipple on guttural vocals with Chilean drummer, guitarist, and bassist Victor Araneda — also known for his work with Esophagus and Sermon to the Lambs from Concepción, Chile. Their debut release, "Devouring the Wretched" (February 2025), is a three-track independent digital album recorded at SGR Studio with all drum tracks captured in a single take.
Dispar is a one-person atmospheric black/post-metal project from Parobé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2022 and signed to Dutch label Flowing Downward. The project blends melancholic post-black metal and blackgaze textures, layering high-pitched black metal screams and clean vocals over synth-washed, melodic guitar work. Their debut full-length Autumn Ends was released in October 2023 and explores themes of depression, loss, and longing.
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.
Disrupcion is a melodic death metal band from Salta, Argentina, founded in 2017. Their debut album "Introspectiva" was released in February 2019, comprising nine tracks recorded, mixed, and mastered at Áureo Estudio in Salta between June and November 2018.
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.
Dissident is a thrash metal band from Valparaíso, Chile, with roots tracing back to 1998 when founders Javier Pinilla and Yan Herrera Reese began playing under successive names before consolidating as Dissident around 2006. The band plays old-school, Bay Area-influenced thrash metal and has released the full-length "Unleash the Violence... In Thrash We Trust" (2015, Iron Blood and Death Corporation) and "Tus Balas Volverán" (2020).
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.
Dissonant Structures is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Ambato, Ecuador. They released their debut EP, Forgive but Never Surrender, in 2019, blending the aggression of thrash with the melodic sensibilities of the Scandinavian death metal tradition.
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