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The Fear (2022)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Dial Tone (2022)
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Dukh Dakomposita is a black metal band from Ukraine, formed in 2024. The project delivers dark black metal.
Dulcedo Odii is a black and death metal band from Leszno, Poland, formed in 2025. The project's Latin name, meaning 'Sweetness of Hatred,' reflects its dark extreme metal approach.
Dulia is a black and death metal band from Sicily, Italy, formed in 2024. The project merges black metal's darkness with death metal's brutality from the Sicilian underground.
Dulle Griet is a sludge, black metal, and post-hardcore trio from London, formed in 2024 by vocalist Ivan Ferreira, drummer Ardo Cotones, and multi-instrumentalist Nick Desmond. Self-described as "an apocalyptic space opera of cosmic proportions," they draw from Swedish metal, Rodin, and Mussorgsky, debuting with their 2024 self-titled EP recorded at Bonafide Studios.
Dumange is a melodic black metal/crust band from Asturias, Spain, formed in 2019. They fuse melodic black metal with crust punk's raw energy from northern Spain.
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Dungaroth plays black metal and ambient from Russia, active since 2019 and channeling Tolkien-esque fantasy darkness through atmospheric compositions. Their dual-genre approach alternates between aggressive black metal and contemplative ambient passages.
Dungeon Keeper is a black metal band from Osnabrück, Germany, formed in 2023. They channel dungeon-dwelling darkness through black metal.
Dungeon Mist plays raw black metal from Kazan, the Tatar capital, active since 2018 and evoking the cold fog of subterranean passages through lo-fi compositions. Their name channels the damp, forbidding atmosphere of medieval dungeons into raw, unpolished black metal.
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