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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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Dark Stone plays black metal from Lipetsk in the Central Black Earth region, active since 2015. Their elemental name channels the unyielding hardness of stone into atmospheric black metal compositions from Russia's agricultural heartland.
Dark Stronghold is a melodic black metal band from Kyiv, Ukraine, formed in 2023. The project channels atmospheric melodic black metal from the Ukrainian capital.
Dark Supremacy is a black metal band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, active since the mid-2010s and operating as an independent act. The band's lyrical themes center on death, darkness, Satanism, and anti-Christianity. Their debut album "In the Cold Winter of Nowhere" was released in November 2015 and is available on Bandcamp.
Dark Symphony is a melodic black metal band from Hitchin, England, active since 2012. They conduct symphonic darkness through melodic black metal.
Dark Tales is an atmospheric black metal band from Mieussy, France, formed in 2018. They weave dark narratives through atmospheric black metal from the French Alps.
A fresh face from Riverside, California, Dark Templar launched in 2024 with pure black metal intent — stripped of modern conveniences, focused on raw atmosphere and cold aggression.
Dark Tennis is a three-piece extreme metal outfit from Bergamo that defies easy categorization, smashing together elements of black metal, grindcore, and metalcore into an unpredictable hybrid. Their releases Wimbledoom and Digital Posture suggest a tongue-in-cheek sensibility underpinning genuinely ferocious music.
Dark Theory is an experimental black metal band from the Maidstone/Ramsgate area of England, active since 2013. They theorize through experimental black metal from the Garden of England.
San Antonio's Dark Therion pursues a raw and uncompromising black metal path, drawing on the occult symbolism embedded in its name while carving out its place in Texas's growing extreme underground since 2022.
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