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A death/black metal band from Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Carinthia, Austria, formed in 2004 and now split up. Their lyrical themes included Satanism, hate, and murder, placing them in the raw extreme metal underground of Carinthia.
Doppelgänger of Death is a raw black metal project from Czech Republic, active since 2011. Self-described as "raw epic black metal," they have released splits and a self-titled album exploring atmospheric darkness with lo-fi ferocity.
Dor is a depressive/post-black/doom metal project from Barbadas in Galicia, formed in 2022 and whose name carries the weight of longing and sorrow in multiple Romance languages. Their multi-genre approach layers the despair of DSBM, the expansiveness of post-black metal, and the crushing weight of doom into a deeply melancholic whole.
Dor Feafaroth plays black metal from Vladivostok on Russia's Pacific coast, active since 2004 and among the easternmost black metal acts in Europe-adjacent Russia. Their Tolkien-derived Sindarin name speaks to the fantasy-influenced strain of black metal.
Dorchadas is a raw and atmospheric black metal project from Scotland, formed in 2020 and self-described as "dark Scottish black metal," citing Ruadh's Sovereign as a primary inspiration. Prolific since their 2020 debut Sgail, the project has released numerous works including Uisge, Disciple of the Witness, and the 2025 EP A Twisted Blade Sheathed in Vertebrae.
Dordeduh plays atmospheric and progressive folk/black metal from Timisoara, formed in 2010 by former members of Negura Bunget and carrying forward that legendary band's vision of Transylvanian black metal infused with traditional Romanian folk elements. Their music weaves acoustic folk passages and ethnic instruments through expansive, spiritually charged black metal compositions that rank among Romania's most distinctive extreme metal output.
From the small South Carolina town of Lyman, Doriyah has carved out an imposing blackened death-doom sound since forming in 2021, the isolation of the Upstate region evident in the claustrophobic density of their music. The band pulls from every dark tradition in their genre crossroads — the ferocity of black metal, the devastating weight of doom, the blunt-force trauma of death metal — and synthesizes them into something that feels genuinely oppressive. In a state with a smaller but intensely dedicated metal underground, Doriyah represent the kind of uncompromising artistry that thrives in obscurity.
Dormonokt plays black metal from Matosinhos near Porto, active since 2017 and channeling nocturnal themes through atmospheric compositions. Their name's evocation of sleeping through the night adds a dreamlike, somnambulant quality to their black metal.
Dorn is a black/doom metal band from Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany, formed in 2018. They entwine black metal's cold fury with doom's suffocating weight.
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