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Lakewood, California's Dying Messiah has been merging black and death metal since 2007, forging a sound that borrows the atmospheric cold of the former and the sonic brutality of the latter into a consistently extreme sonic statement.
Dying Raven is a depressive black metal band from Chisinau, Moldova, formed in 2021. The project delivers anguished and sorrowful black metal from the Moldovan underground.
Dying Star plays atmospheric/post-black metal from Saint Petersburg, active since 2021 and channeling stellar death into expansive, reverb-drenched compositions. Their cosmic-decay name frames each song as a eulogy for a collapsing sun.
Dying Sun plays black metal from Russia, active since 2008 and channeling the slow extinction of solar light into nearly two decades of atmospheric compositions. Their name's cosmic finality pervades music steeped in terminal darkness.
Dying Vision is a melodic blackened death metal band from London, formed in 2014 by Richard Ashton. Their discography includes Univerself (2014), The Death and Its Slaughter (2020), and a third full-length in production, blending symphonic black metal with death metal across atmospheric, extended compositions.
Dynfari is an atmospheric black metal duo from Iceland, formed in 2010, creating heavily atmospheric music influenced by black metal that explores themes of life, death, loss, hope, and sorrow. Their five studio albums from the self-titled debut (2011) through Sem Skugginn (2012) to Myrkurs er Thorf (2020) are released through Aural Music, and their live performances are known for candlelight and incense atmospherics.
Dypherim is a blackened death metal band from Cork, Ireland, formed in 2020. The band deliver intense extreme metal at the crossroads of black and death metal.
Dyrathor is a folk/melodic black metal band from Hattingen, Germany, formed in 2015. They weave folk elements through melodic black metal with a rustic, atmospheric approach.
Dyrmoon is an atmospheric black metal project from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2019. Their releases Umbra Perpetua and Providence explore atmospheric black metal landscapes rooted in the Northern Irish underground.
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