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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Dreadrealm is an ambient/atmospheric black metal project from Võhma, Estonia, formed in 2017. They create immersive, atmospheric soundscapes from rural Estonia.
Houston's Dreogan entered the death metal scene in 2019 with the grim focus of a band that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish. Drawing from the deep well of the genre's traditions, they craft brutal, technically competent death metal that taps into the long-running Texas tradition of punishing extremity.
Druadan Forest is an epic/atmospheric black metal and dungeon synth project from Hyvinkää, Finland, formed in 2016. They create Tolkien-inspired atmospheric black metal and dungeon synth soundscapes.
Drapsnatt is an atmospheric black metal band from Skelleftea, Sweden, formed in 2014. The project channels ethereal atmospheric black metal from northern Sweden.
Dubak plays atmospheric black metal from Mikhaylovsk in Stavropol Krai, formed in 2021 and whose Russian slang name — meaning "bitter cold" — channels the freezing temperatures of winter into their atmospheric compositions. Their name's meteorological menace suits music steeped in frost.
Duh is an atmospheric black metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2014. They explore atmospheric depths through black metal from the Spanish capital.
Duirvir is an atmospheric black metal band from Palmanova, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy, formed in 2014. The project channels ethereal atmospheric black metal with nature-inspired themes.
Dunum is an atmospheric black metal/shoegaze project from France, formed in 2020. They blend atmospheric black metal with shimmering shoegaze textures.
Durbatuluk is an atmospheric black metal band from Heinsberg, Germany, formed in 2019. Their Tolkien-derived name signals a black metal project steeped in dark fantasy and atmospheric depth.
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