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De Veneficas Inferi is a black metal band from Andorra la Vella, founded in 2016 and one of the tiny principality's handful of extreme metal acts. Their debut release, The Great Decay I, and the follow-up He Who Brings the Eighth Star, Bearer of the Golden Flame lean into occult and esoteric themes with track titles such as "Daemonic I, Stone Witches" and "Imperator Est."
De Verloren Ziel is a black metal band from the Netherlands, formed in 2023. The project's Dutch name, meaning 'The Lost Soul,' reflects its dark and introspective black metal approach.
De Vermiis Mysteriis is a raw black metal/dark ambient project from Paris, France, formed in 2017. Named after the Lovecraftian tome, they channel cosmic dread through raw black metal and dark ambient.
De Vermis Mysteriis is a black metal band from East Flanders, Belgium, formed in 2012 and affiliated with the Ordo Omega Absolutae collective alongside Morkenatten, Necrosophia, and Odibilis Signatus. The band appeared on the 2016 collective release Ordo Omegae Absolutae – Compendium Ordinis, situating them within a Flemish black metal underground organized around shared esoteric philosophy.
De-Solación is a black/death metal project from La Serena, Chile, channeling Andean folklore and ritualistic atmosphere into dense, crushing extreme metal. The project released 'NECRO-MISTERIO' in August 2021, 'Despojado del Sol' in March 2023, and the eleven-track album 'ELKI' in February 2026, with artwork by Karime Simon and production support from the LMDT label.
Dea Artio is an atmospheric black metal project from Sankt Georgen an der Gusen in Upper Austria, founded in 2020 and named for the Celtic bear goddess. Albums Waldwacht (2021), Nebelfelder (2021), and Zurück in die Waldwacht (2022) translate their self-described inspiration of "ancient forests, misty mountains and the occult mixed with traditions" into dense, immersive black metal.
Dead Aeon is a blackened death metal band from Monaghan, Ireland, formed in 2008 and featuring members J. Penders, C. Winsryg, R. Coghlan, D. Walsh, and E. McGuigan. Their 2012 debut EP Apotheosis, recorded at Trackmix Studio in Dublin and produced by Michael Richards, delivers five tracks of technical blackened death metal.
Dead and Forgotten is a one-man black metal project from Alessandria in northern Italy, formed in 2025. Inspired by Darkthrone and Burzum, the project channels raw second-wave black metal through demos and albums steeped in torment and bleak isolation.
Denver's Dead and Vacuus conjure bleak, suffocating black metal that feels as expansive and cold as the Rocky Mountain winters surrounding the city. Their music is sparse where it needs to breathe and crushing where it doesn't.
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