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Dreams of the Drowned is an avant-garde/black metal band from Évreux, France, active since 2008. They push black metal into avant-garde territory with nearly two decades of experimentation.
Dreamshift is a post-black metal band from Bamberg, Germany, formed in 2022. They explore the ethereal boundaries between black metal and atmospheric post-metal.
Drear is a black and doom metal band from Norwich, England, formed in 2018. The project fuse the bleakness of black metal with the crushing weight of doom in their dark, atmospheric output.
Dreg K is a raw black metal project originally from Belgrade, Serbia, later based in Berlin, formed in 2013. The project channels lo-fi and uncompromising raw black metal.
Formed in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2015, Dreichmere weave together the ferocity of black and death metal with the structural ambition of progressive metal — a combination that produces music both technically demanding and atmospherically dense. Their progressive black/death approach resists easy categorization, pushing past genre convention into something distinctly their own.
Drekaevatz is a black metal project from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2025 with a debut two-track release 'The Death Knell for Suffering Souls' blending black and death metal. The project is primarily driven by its namesake member handling vocals, guitars, bass, and lyrics alongside drummer Gypsy.
Named after a shrieking specter from Slavic folklore, Cleveland's Drekavac have been conjuring raw, unpolished black metal since 2013. Their recordings lean into the lo-fi aesthetic that defines the raw black metal underground — cold production, relentless aggression, and an uncompromising hostility toward accessibility.
Dremion is a black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2011. The band channel raw black metal intensity rooted in the Hellenic underground.
Drengskapur is a black metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2003. With over two decades in the scene, they channel Norse warrior spirit through cold black metal.
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