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Distort is a thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2013 by members with ties to the city's established extreme metal scene. The band played aggressive, straightforward thrash metal and was active as an independent act before splitting up. They are documented on Encyclopaedia Metallum among the wave of São Paulo thrash acts that emerged in the early 2010s.
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.
Distress is a death metal band from Areia, Paraíba, Brazil, with roots going back to 1995 and a reformed period beginning around 2010. The band's lyrical themes span human psychology, death, war, politics, and science, situated within the underground extreme metal scene of northeastern Brazil. They operated as an independent, unsigned act throughout their activity.
Distressed is a death/thrash metal band from Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil, currently active as an independent act. Their lyrical themes center on death, gore, and horror, and they released material including tracks such as "Decay" and "Decade of Decay" through their Bandcamp page. The band maintains an active presence on social media and represents the extreme metal underground of southern Brazil.
Disturbia is a thrash metal band from Pilar, Buenos Aires, formed in 2016 and released under the Argentina Thrash Metal label. They released the album "Tomando el Té con el Diablo" in 2021 on both CD and cassette formats, and had earlier appeared on the compilation "Under Not Dead 2" (N.L.P.A.N Records, 2015).
Diva Satanica is a melodic death metal band from Rosario, Argentina, whose debut album "In the Reign of Death... I Monarch" was recorded at Venus Records Studios in 2009. They followed it with "II The Grand Successor" (2012) on Undermetal Records and "From the Ashes" (2015), before releasing the concept album "Germania: The Rise and Fall", which centres on World War II-era themes.
Divine Profanity is a death/black metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, founded in 2003 by drummer Luis Carlos Martínez and guitarist Andrés Torres. Their catalog spans from the 2004 demo "Eradicate" through the 2011 album "Violent Blasphemy" to the 2015 full-length "Adoratio Mortis", released on the Colombian underground label Iron Goat Commando.
Divine Uncertainty is a melodic death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed around 2012 and currently active. The band operates as an independent, unsigned act and has maintained a presence on platforms such as ReverbNation and Encyclopaedia Metallum. They contribute to the melodic death metal scene in Brazil's largest city.
Dixie Heaven is a power metal band from Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, active since the mid-2010s. The band released their debut album "Riding the Thunder" in 2016, a 10-track record recorded at Kolera Studios and produced by guitarist Fran Castelo, drawing comparisons to acts such as Primal Fear, Battle Beast, and Crystal Viper. The lineup features vocalist Villu Castelo alongside a full five-piece band.
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